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: 33.44,-96.74 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 983 215 20.9 18.4 86 2.4 19.2 179 11 295.4 297.9 293.0 334.8 13.70 2 950 514 21.4 16.7 75 4.6 18.2 200 22 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.9 12.71 3 900 982 19.3 14.2 73 5.0 16.0 228 25 301.4 303.4 293.0 334.9 11.39 4 850 1472 16.0 11.6 75 4.3 13.2 240 28 302.9 304.7 292.6 333.1 10.17 5 800 1985 12.5 8.9 79 3.6 10.3 248 26 304.5 306.1 292.1 331.3 8.96 6 750 2524 9.1 4.4 73 4.7 6.5 254 29 306.5 307.8 291.1 327.8 7.03 7 700 3092 5.6 -2.8 55 8.3 1.5 249 35 308.6 309.5 289.5 322.5 4.46 8 650 3694 2.0 -11.7 35 13.7 -3.5 242 44 311.2 311.7 288.4 319.0 2.40 9 600 4335 -2.1 -20.3 23 18.1 -7.9 240 49 313.6 313.9 288.1 317.9 1.27 10 550 5020 -6.6 -24.0 24 17.3 -11.5 240 50 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 1.00 11 500 5756 -12.3 -27.2 28 15.0 -15.9 239 50 318.1 318.3 289.0 321.0 0.82 12 450 6551 -18.0 -33.8 24 15.7 -20.9 234 54 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.3 0.49 13 400 7421 -23.9 -40.3 21 16.3 -26.1 225 60 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.29 14 350 8381 -30.8 -47.5 18 16.7 -32.3 223 65 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.15 15 300 9458 -38.4 -54.4 17 16.0 -39.3 222 68 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.5 0.08 16 250 10687 -47.2 -58.8 26 11.5 -47.6 222 68 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12132 -55.9 -68.4 19 12.5 -56.1 225 67 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13940 -59.8 -78.3 7 18.5 -60.0 234 60 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16418 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.6 250 45 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.87 m Freezing level: 625.89 mb = 4002.97 m = 13132.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.10 mb = 3267.02 m = 10718.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.36 mb = 520.12 m = 1706.41 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1774.89 m = 5823.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 705.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.53 mb = 1238.18 m = 4062.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.53 mb = 2650.83 m = 8696.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.53 mb = 10460.48 m = 34318.75 ft B at Equ Level: 700.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.53 mb = 13207.77 m = 43332.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.7 neg: -2.8 tot: 176.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 92.93 m/s