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: 31.82,-96.97 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 989 171 24.1 18.9 73 5.1 20.5 207 7 298.1 300.7 294.0 338.9 14.04 2 950 526 24.6 16.6 61 7.9 19.2 219 21 302.1 304.5 294.2 339.5 12.64 3 900 998 20.9 15.0 69 6.0 17.0 224 25 303.1 305.3 294.0 338.7 11.99 4 850 1490 17.0 13.3 79 3.7 14.6 227 30 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.8 11.36 5 800 2005 13.1 11.4 89 1.7 12.0 231 34 305.1 307.1 293.6 336.9 10.62 6 750 2545 9.6 8.8 95 0.8 9.1 234 35 307.0 308.7 293.2 335.7 9.51 7 700 3116 6.5 4.8 89 1.7 5.5 242 35 309.7 311.1 292.6 333.4 7.74 8 650 3721 3.0 0.8 85 2.2 1.8 247 38 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.8 6.25 9 600 4365 -1.3 -9.0 56 7.7 -4.6 247 43 314.6 315.2 290.3 325.0 3.23 10 550 5052 -5.8 -21.4 28 15.6 -10.6 248 41 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.4 1.25 11 500 5791 -10.9 -27.4 24 16.4 -15.0 245 41 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.6 0.81 12 450 6591 -16.6 -32.2 25 15.6 -19.7 239 44 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.57 13 400 7465 -23.1 -38.2 24 15.1 -25.3 232 50 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.3 0.35 14 350 8428 -30.3 -46.2 20 15.9 -31.9 238 61 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.17 15 300 9505 -38.3 -51.4 24 13.1 -39.1 236 70 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.11 16 250 10736 -46.6 -56.1 33 9.5 -47.0 237 88 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12182 -56.0 -64.6 33 8.6 -56.2 239 82 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13991 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.5 -61.2 244 51 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16448 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.5 251 43 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.01 m Freezing level: 615.12 mb = 4170.00 m = 13680.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.08 mb = 3894.95 m = 12778.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.66 mb = 828.36 m = 2717.68 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.01 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1844.60 m = 6051.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 39.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1031.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.06 mb = 1479.26 m = 4853.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.06 mb = 2259.14 m = 7411.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.06 mb = 11107.76 m = 36442.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1028.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.06 mb = 14151.74 m = 46429.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 17.91 Bulk Shear: 57.61 m/s