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: 31.59,-96.61 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -96.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 144 24.4 19.3 73 5.2 20.8 186 7 298.2 300.8 294.3 339.8 14.32 2 950 529 24.8 17.0 62 7.8 19.4 194 23 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.93 3 900 1001 20.8 15.6 72 5.3 17.3 204 25 303.0 305.3 294.3 339.9 12.45 4 850 1493 16.8 13.8 83 3.0 14.8 217 28 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.76 5 800 2008 13.1 11.4 90 1.6 12.0 228 31 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.0 10.67 6 750 2549 9.8 8.5 91 1.4 9.0 238 32 307.2 309.0 293.2 335.4 9.31 7 700 3119 6.5 4.4 86 2.2 5.3 247 32 309.7 311.2 292.4 332.8 7.51 8 650 3725 2.6 0.7 87 1.9 1.6 250 35 312.0 313.1 292.0 331.3 6.21 9 600 4368 -1.6 -5.1 77 3.5 -3.2 250 39 314.3 315.1 291.2 328.2 4.36 10 550 5055 -5.8 -14.4 51 8.6 -8.9 251 42 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.7 2.28 11 500 5795 -10.4 -22.2 38 11.7 -13.9 247 44 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.29 12 450 6598 -15.8 -27.8 35 12.0 -18.7 244 45 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.86 13 400 7475 -22.2 -33.3 36 11.1 -24.2 242 48 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 14 350 8442 -29.4 -39.6 37 10.1 -30.7 241 59 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.35 15 300 9523 -37.3 -45.7 42 8.3 -38.0 239 71 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.21 16 250 10758 -46.2 -54.4 39 8.2 -46.6 237 85 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.09 17 200 12203 -57.1 -62.3 51 5.2 -57.2 242 84 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14000 -61.3 -77.9 9 16.6 -61.5 245 56 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16456 -68.8 -83.4 11 14.6 -68.9 251 42 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.36 m Freezing level: 618.57 mb = 4128.89 m = 13546.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3933.27 m = 12904.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.62 mb = 803.63 m = 2636.56 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1746.76 m = 5730.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.05 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1058.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.41 mb = 1418.63 m = 4654.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.41 mb = 2194.18 m = 7198.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.41 mb = 11514.85 m = 37777.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1054.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.41 mb = 14314.22 m = 46962.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 12.92 Bulk Shear: 81.92 m/s