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: 33.03,-97.29 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 983 217 22.6 18.1 76 4.5 19.5 186 8 297.2 299.6 293.3 336.0 13.43 2 950 514 23.7 16.2 63 7.5 18.7 216 19 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.4 12.28 3 900 985 20.4 14.2 67 6.2 16.3 235 25 302.6 304.6 293.4 336.2 11.37 4 850 1476 16.9 11.2 69 5.7 13.3 251 28 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.3 9.89 5 800 1990 13.1 7.4 68 5.7 9.6 262 27 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.4 8.08 6 750 2529 9.4 1.2 57 8.1 5.0 256 27 306.7 307.8 289.9 323.9 5.59 7 700 3098 6.0 -6.5 40 12.5 0.3 242 34 309.1 309.7 288.6 319.7 3.35 8 650 3700 2.4 -17.5 21 19.9 -4.6 238 39 311.7 312.0 287.6 316.6 1.49 9 600 4341 -1.8 -30.0 9 28.2 -8.9 239 42 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.8 0.53 10 550 5027 -6.3 -31.3 12 24.9 -12.2 238 44 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.4 0.51 11 500 5763 -12.3 -31.6 18 19.4 -16.4 237 45 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.0 0.54 12 450 6558 -18.8 -37.5 18 18.7 -21.8 235 48 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.9 0.34 13 400 7424 -25.4 -46.7 12 21.3 -27.6 231 53 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.14 14 350 8379 -32.1 -53.8 10 21.7 -33.6 231 61 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.07 15 300 9450 -39.1 -60.6 9 21.4 -40.1 231 70 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.04 16 250 10677 -47.4 -64.4 13 16.9 -47.9 231 75 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.03 17 200 12124 -54.8 -69.2 15 14.4 -55.1 235 69 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 13949 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.1 -58.5 239 53 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16428 -68.2 -83.2 10 15.0 -68.3 242 43 395.9 395.9 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.57 m Freezing level: 621.67 mb = 4063.61 m = 13331.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.82 mb = 3134.86 m = 10284.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.57 mb = 787.94 m = 2585.07 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 21.54 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.64 mb = 1962.15 m = 6437.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 27.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1035.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.44 mb = 1501.53 m = 4926.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.44 mb = 2612.83 m = 8572.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.44 mb = 10876.03 m = 35682.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1027.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.44 mb = 13847.16 m = 45429.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 139.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 17.57 Bulk Shear: 58.95 m/s