MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 32.73,-97.12 Latitude: 32.73 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 84 SFC 986 208 30.4 17.9 47 12.6 21.6 203 15 304.8 307.3 295.3 344.2 13.18 2 950 538 25.7 16.8 58 8.9 19.6 207 22 303.3 305.6 294.6 341.1 12.76 3 900 1010 21.3 15.7 71 5.6 17.5 212 23 303.4 305.8 294.5 340.8 12.59 4 850 1503 18.4 12.2 67 6.2 14.4 221 24 305.4 307.4 293.6 337.0 10.54 5 800 2022 16.4 5.6 49 10.8 10.0 226 26 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.5 7.16 6 750 2567 11.8 1.6 50 10.2 6.2 224 25 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.2 5.75 7 700 3140 7.4 -4.2 44 11.6 1.8 234 22 310.7 311.4 289.8 323.3 4.00 8 650 3744 2.9 -10.7 36 13.7 -2.7 248 24 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.7 2.59 9 600 4388 0.0 -23.9 15 23.9 -7.2 261 29 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.4 0.92 10 550 5080 -4.0 -19.9 28 16.0 -9.2 267 28 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.3 1.43 11 500 5824 -9.3 -20.4 40 11.1 -12.8 278 31 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.51 12 450 6630 -15.0 -29.1 29 14.0 -18.3 276 34 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.1 0.77 13 400 7507 -22.9 -30.2 51 7.3 -24.3 278 29 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.0 0.78 14 350 8470 -30.1 -35.4 60 5.2 -30.9 282 45 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.1 0.54 15 300 9548 -38.5 -46.4 43 7.9 -39.1 294 53 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10774 -48.6 -53.3 58 4.7 -48.7 300 62 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12204 -58.7 -62.8 59 4.1 -58.7 307 63 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 18 150 14005 -60.2 -78.2 8 18.0 -60.4 287 43 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16483 -67.6 -83.3 9 15.7 -67.7 273 26 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.83 m Freezing level: 599.39 mb = 4396.55 m = 14424.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.30 mb = 3372.62 m = 11064.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.02 mb = 1789.80 m = 5871.98 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 24.81 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.09 mb = 2376.86 m = 7798.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.78 C = 94.60 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 28.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1367.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.01 mb = 1717.32 m = 5634.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.01 mb = 2975.25 m = 9761.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.01 mb = 12394.42 m = 40663.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1355.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.01 mb = 15168.27 m = 49764.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 41.38 Bulk Shear: 33.05 m/s