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: 32.34,-94.00 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 83 22.1 18.3 79 3.8 19.5 139 8 295.1 297.5 292.6 333.4 13.34 1 1000 98 22.7 18.1 75 4.6 19.5 142 9 295.8 298.2 292.7 333.7 13.15 2 950 546 21.7 16.1 70 5.7 17.9 165 27 299.2 301.5 293.0 334.8 12.18 3 900 1014 19.4 13.8 70 5.6 15.7 187 26 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.2 11.10 4 850 1504 15.6 11.4 76 4.2 13.0 203 25 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.3 10.04 5 800 2016 12.1 8.0 76 4.2 9.6 221 24 304.1 305.6 291.5 329.3 8.43 6 750 2554 9.0 3.2 67 5.8 5.8 235 22 306.3 307.5 290.5 325.9 6.42 7 700 3123 5.5 -0.2 67 5.7 2.5 225 21 308.6 309.6 290.3 325.2 5.39 8 650 3725 1.9 -3.2 69 5.0 -0.6 221 28 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.7 4.66 9 600 4368 -1.6 -5.3 76 3.7 -3.3 225 37 314.3 315.1 291.1 327.9 4.29 10 550 5055 -6.1 -7.1 93 1.0 -6.5 229 43 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.08 11 500 5796 -10.4 -11.1 95 0.7 -10.7 231 49 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.1 3.28 12 450 6599 -16.0 -16.3 98 0.3 -16.1 232 54 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.2 2.39 13 400 7475 -22.3 -22.4 99 0.1 -22.4 237 57 326.0 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.58 14 350 8443 -28.9 -28.9 100 0.0 -28.9 246 57 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.5 1.01 15 300 9528 -36.9 -37.2 97 0.3 -37.0 246 63 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.52 16 250 10762 -46.8 -47.1 96 0.4 -46.8 245 72 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.22 17 200 12201 -59.0 -59.2 98 0.2 -59.0 249 83 339.3 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.07 18 150 13980 -61.4 -77.8 10 16.4 -61.6 250 72 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16450 -67.7 -83.6 9 15.9 -67.8 252 35 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.91 m Freezing level: 623.05 mb = 4071.57 m = 13358.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.50 mb = 3607.41 m = 11835.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.54 mb = 568.58 m = 1865.39 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1758.07 m = 5767.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.72 mb = 1219.33 m = 4000.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.72 mb = 2848.28 m = 9344.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.72 mb = 9213.28 m = 30226.93 ft B at Equ Level: 267.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.72 mb = 12398.01 m = 40675.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 225.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 92.53 m/s