MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 31.51,-97.09 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 992 162 33.0 15.9 36 17.1 21.2 180 10 306.9 309.0 294.7 341.6 11.51 2 950 544 28.3 14.7 44 13.5 19.1 192 14 305.9 307.9 294.1 339.4 11.16 3 900 1020 23.7 13.6 53 10.1 17.0 203 15 305.9 308.0 294.0 338.9 10.96 4 850 1516 19.0 12.4 65 6.6 14.7 212 16 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.2 10.70 5 800 2034 14.2 10.9 80 3.3 12.1 221 16 306.3 308.2 293.6 337.3 10.29 6 750 2575 9.4 8.2 93 1.1 8.7 232 18 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.4 9.17 7 700 3143 4.4 2.9 90 1.5 3.6 241 17 307.4 308.7 291.2 328.0 6.76 8 650 3745 3.7 -15.7 23 19.4 -3.6 267 22 313.1 313.5 288.3 318.8 1.73 9 600 4392 0.8 -24.3 13 25.1 -6.8 272 21 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.1 0.89 10 550 5084 -4.0 -27.8 14 23.8 -10.4 274 19 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.71 11 500 5828 -9.2 -33.9 11 24.8 -14.5 271 16 321.9 321.9 289.8 323.4 0.43 12 450 6632 -15.5 -35.4 16 19.9 -19.3 270 15 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.42 13 400 7508 -22.7 -29.7 53 7.0 -24.1 277 17 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.81 14 350 8475 -29.5 -31.5 83 2.0 -29.8 272 20 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.9 0.79 15 300 9555 -38.2 -43.0 61 4.8 -38.6 268 23 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.29 16 250 10781 -48.7 -48.7 99 0.1 -48.7 251 26 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12212 -57.5 -66.5 31 9.0 -57.6 252 36 341.7 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 18 150 14001 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.6 259 42 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16476 -68.3 -83.2 10 14.9 -68.4 264 29 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.34 m Freezing level: 591.68 mb = 4506.75 m = 14785.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.86 mb = 3440.20 m = 11286.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.14 mb = 2309.26 m = 7576.22 ft T: 11.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 22.75 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.56 mb = 2326.38 m = 7632.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 39.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.61 mb = 2271.75 m = 7453.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.61 mb = 2435.14 m = 7989.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.61 mb = 11819.77 m = 38778.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1012.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.61 mb = 14753.52 m = 48403.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 33.32 Bulk Shear: 30.47 m/s