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: 32.56,-95.48 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 994 146 19.6 18.9 96 0.7 19.2 248 6 293.2 295.7 292.5 333.0 13.98 2 950 536 17.9 16.3 90 1.6 16.8 211 13 295.3 297.6 292.0 330.9 12.37 3 900 998 16.2 15.2 94 1.0 15.5 204 22 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.5 12.16 4 850 1484 14.3 13.3 94 0.9 13.7 206 29 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.6 11.39 5 800 1995 11.7 11.0 95 0.7 11.3 207 32 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.5 10.35 6 750 2533 8.7 8.2 97 0.5 8.4 211 36 306.0 307.8 292.7 333.6 9.15 7 700 3101 5.4 5.2 98 0.3 5.2 214 39 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.7 7.92 8 650 3704 1.9 1.7 98 0.2 1.7 219 44 311.1 312.3 292.2 331.7 6.65 9 600 4345 -1.3 -1.7 97 0.4 -1.5 227 52 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.5 5.64 10 550 5033 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.6 232 61 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.2 4.51 11 500 5773 -10.0 -10.3 97 0.3 -10.1 233 62 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.4 3.50 12 450 6575 -15.1 -15.2 99 0.1 -15.2 231 60 324.3 324.8 292.5 333.0 2.60 13 400 7453 -20.5 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.5 235 58 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.7 1.86 14 350 8427 -26.9 -26.9 100 0.0 -26.9 245 56 332.5 332.7 293.5 336.8 1.20 15 300 9520 -35.0 -35.0 100 0.0 -35.0 251 52 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.4 0.65 16 250 10762 -45.8 -45.8 100 0.0 -45.7 247 52 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12203 -59.0 -59.1 99 0.1 -59.0 245 57 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 18 150 13959 -65.8 -73.0 36 7.1 -65.9 244 71 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16439 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.8 257 34 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.72 m Freezing level: 620.29 mb = 4084.89 m = 13401.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.12 mb = 4042.21 m = 13261.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.66 mb = 227.07 m = 744.98 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1169.85 m = 3838.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.76 mb = 747.59 m = 2452.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.76 mb = 3557.95 m = 11672.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 631.76 mb = 3931.82 m = 12899.50 ft B at Equ Level: 19.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.76 mb = 6378.27 m = 20925.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 126.15 m/s