MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.20,-97.12 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 987 209 24.4 19.2 73 5.2 20.8 196 15 298.7 301.3 294.4 340.3 14.30 2 950 543 20.7 18.1 85 2.6 18.9 203 24 298.2 300.7 294.0 338.6 13.89 3 900 1011 21.6 12.9 57 8.8 15.9 231 34 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.8 10.41 4 850 1506 20.0 11.1 57 8.8 14.3 237 32 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.8 9.83 5 800 2026 16.0 7.6 57 8.4 10.9 229 26 308.2 309.7 292.6 333.2 8.20 6 750 2570 11.6 2.0 52 9.6 6.3 227 22 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.3 5.88 7 700 3142 7.3 -5.7 39 13.0 1.2 237 21 310.6 311.2 289.3 321.9 3.58 8 650 3747 3.5 -14.5 25 18.0 -3.4 249 23 313.0 313.3 288.5 319.2 1.91 9 600 4392 0.1 -24.5 14 24.6 -7.2 256 25 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.3 0.88 10 550 5083 -4.2 -23.1 21 18.9 -9.9 260 26 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.8 1.08 11 500 5826 -9.9 -18.7 48 8.9 -12.8 267 27 321.0 321.4 290.9 326.9 1.74 12 450 6630 -15.9 -23.0 54 7.1 -17.8 277 32 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.33 13 400 7505 -23.0 -30.2 52 7.2 -24.4 275 34 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.78 14 350 8468 -30.6 -38.2 47 7.6 -31.5 283 35 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.0 0.41 15 300 9544 -39.0 -48.2 37 9.2 -39.6 286 52 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.16 16 250 10764 -50.1 -52.2 78 2.2 -50.2 288 52 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.12 17 200 12190 -58.1 -63.3 51 5.2 -58.2 304 59 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 13992 -59.5 -78.2 7 18.7 -59.6 280 37 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16479 -68.2 -83.2 10 15.0 -68.3 277 26 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.12 m Freezing level: 598.59 mb = 4411.54 m = 14473.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.96 mb = 3295.63 m = 10812.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.71 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.37 mb = 873.61 m = 2866.14 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.53 mb = 2353.14 m = 7720.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 28.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.24 mb = 1352.07 m = 4435.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.24 mb = 3496.79 m = 11472.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.24 mb = 11870.90 m = 38946.04 ft B at Equ Level: 823.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.24 mb = 13981.96 m = 45872.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.4 neg: -51.4 tot: 126.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 23.24 Bulk Shear: 35.99 m/s