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: 33.33,-97.60 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 975 293 25.7 17.6 61 8.1 20.1 205 14 301.1 303.4 294.2 339.5 13.07 2 950 515 23.4 16.3 64 7.1 18.6 213 21 300.9 303.2 293.6 337.2 12.33 3 900 985 19.2 15.0 76 4.2 16.4 221 23 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.6 11.98 4 850 1474 15.8 12.4 80 3.4 13.6 232 24 302.7 304.6 292.9 334.4 10.70 5 800 1987 12.3 9.9 85 2.5 10.8 244 26 304.3 306.1 292.5 333.0 9.60 6 750 2526 9.4 4.5 71 4.9 6.6 243 30 306.8 308.2 291.3 328.4 7.08 7 700 3095 6.2 0.3 66 6.0 3.1 238 34 309.4 310.4 290.7 326.6 5.57 8 650 3699 2.0 -3.4 67 5.4 -0.6 238 41 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.6 4.59 9 600 4340 -2.6 -11.4 51 8.7 -6.1 235 45 313.1 313.6 289.3 321.7 2.67 10 550 5023 -7.0 -29.6 15 22.6 -12.5 236 46 315.7 315.9 288.1 317.8 0.60 11 500 5759 -12.4 -31.5 19 19.1 -16.4 236 45 317.9 318.0 288.7 319.9 0.55 12 450 6553 -19.2 -33.0 29 13.7 -21.7 234 44 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.53 13 400 7417 -25.7 -44.3 16 18.6 -27.8 234 49 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.19 14 350 8369 -32.9 -51.7 14 18.8 -34.2 232 63 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.09 15 300 9438 -39.8 -61.1 9 21.2 -40.7 235 76 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.03 16 250 10663 -47.8 -60.2 23 12.4 -48.1 229 91 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12106 -55.2 -67.1 22 11.8 -55.5 234 83 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13935 -57.7 -79.6 4 22.0 -57.9 244 54 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16418 -67.2 -83.4 8 16.2 -67.3 250 40 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.95 m Freezing level: 628.40 mb = 3975.68 m = 13043.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.46 mb = 3593.55 m = 11789.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.50 mb = 1319.51 m = 4329.05 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 21.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1770.95 m = 5810.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1227.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.21 mb = 1482.12 m = 4862.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.21 mb = 2479.11 m = 8133.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.21 mb = 11084.75 m = 36366.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1214.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.21 mb = 14175.58 m = 46507.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 26.83 Bulk Shear: 45.76 m/s