MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.55,-96.74 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 992 145 24.7 19.2 72 5.4 20.9 182 7 298.5 301.1 294.3 340.0 14.29 2 950 529 24.9 17.0 61 7.9 19.4 193 21 302.4 304.8 294.4 340.6 12.90 3 900 1001 21.0 15.4 70 5.6 17.2 206 23 303.2 305.4 294.3 339.8 12.35 4 850 1493 16.9 13.7 81 3.2 14.8 219 26 303.9 306.0 294.0 338.6 11.67 5 800 2008 13.0 11.5 90 1.5 12.0 227 31 305.0 307.0 293.6 337.1 10.72 6 750 2549 9.8 8.7 93 1.0 9.2 235 33 307.2 309.0 293.3 335.9 9.49 7 700 3119 6.5 4.9 89 1.7 5.6 245 33 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.6 7.78 8 650 3725 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 250 35 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.9 6.40 9 600 4368 -1.5 -5.8 72 4.3 -3.5 251 40 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.6 4.13 10 550 5056 -5.7 -16.2 43 10.5 -9.4 250 41 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.9 1.97 11 500 5796 -10.4 -23.8 32 13.4 -14.1 247 43 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.2 1.12 12 450 6598 -16.0 -29.2 31 13.2 -19.0 243 45 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.76 13 400 7474 -22.5 -35.0 31 12.6 -24.6 240 49 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.6 0.49 14 350 8439 -29.7 -41.9 30 12.2 -31.1 241 60 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 15 300 9520 -37.5 -47.0 36 9.5 -38.2 239 72 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.18 16 250 10754 -46.2 -54.9 37 8.7 -46.6 237 87 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12199 -56.8 -62.9 46 6.1 -56.9 242 86 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 13999 -61.1 -77.9 9 16.8 -61.3 245 55 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16456 -68.8 -83.4 10 14.6 -68.9 250 42 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.37 m Freezing level: 617.86 mb = 4138.05 m = 13576.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.78 mb = 3940.34 m = 12927.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.91 mb = 838.52 m = 2751.01 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.85 mb = 1768.93 m = 5803.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 39.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1090.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.52 mb = 1447.62 m = 4749.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.52 mb = 2118.47 m = 6950.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.52 mb = 11596.04 m = 38044.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1082.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.52 mb = 14438.09 m = 47368.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 12.53 Bulk Shear: 87.01 m/s