MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 33.30,-96.88 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 78 SFC 986 200 23.4 18.6 74 4.8 20.1 204 14 297.8 300.3 293.8 337.8 13.82 2 950 525 21.4 16.8 75 4.6 18.3 208 25 298.9 301.2 293.3 336.1 12.76 3 900 992 17.9 15.1 84 2.8 16.0 215 31 299.9 302.1 293.1 335.2 12.04 4 850 1479 14.7 13.0 90 1.7 13.6 222 33 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.4 11.15 5 800 1991 11.7 10.9 95 0.8 11.2 227 33 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.3 10.30 6 750 2529 9.0 8.8 98 0.2 8.9 231 33 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.1 9.52 7 700 3098 5.9 4.3 90 1.5 5.0 236 33 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.9 7.48 8 650 3703 2.4 -0.4 82 2.8 1.0 239 37 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.6 5.74 9 600 4345 -2.3 -5.8 77 3.5 -3.9 239 43 313.5 314.2 290.7 326.6 4.14 10 550 5029 -7.3 -18.1 42 10.8 -10.8 238 45 315.4 315.7 289.0 321.0 1.67 11 500 5764 -12.5 -21.5 47 8.9 -15.1 238 47 317.8 318.0 289.5 322.4 1.38 12 450 6559 -18.3 -26.3 50 7.9 -20.1 235 50 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.7 1.00 13 400 7427 -24.4 -34.9 37 10.6 -26.1 232 54 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.1 0.49 14 350 8386 -31.0 -41.3 36 10.3 -32.1 229 64 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.29 15 300 9461 -38.9 -46.9 42 8.1 -39.5 231 74 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.19 16 250 10689 -47.2 -52.9 52 5.6 -47.5 231 95 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12130 -56.5 -63.6 40 7.1 -56.6 232 77 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13943 -60.0 -79.1 6 19.2 -60.2 244 56 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16421 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.7 253 40 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.59 m Freezing level: 624.24 mb = 4033.41 m = 13232.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.16 mb = 3825.03 m = 12549.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.17 mb = 809.76 m = 2656.67 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1424.49 m = 4673.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.15 mb = 1152.91 m = 3782.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.15 mb = 2009.85 m = 6593.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.15 mb = 10737.07 m = 35226.19 ft B at Equ Level: 866.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.15 mb = 13609.59 m = 44650.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 17.81 Bulk Shear: 49.03 m/s