MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 31.54,-97.18 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 987 181 33.4 15.3 34 18.1 21.1 202 15 307.7 309.8 294.7 341.4 11.14 2 950 525 28.8 14.3 41 14.5 19.1 205 20 306.4 308.4 294.1 339.1 10.86 3 900 1002 24.2 13.3 51 10.8 17.0 208 20 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.8 10.76 4 850 1499 19.5 12.3 63 7.1 14.8 211 19 306.6 308.6 294.0 338.7 10.66 5 800 2017 14.6 11.0 79 3.6 12.3 214 19 306.7 308.6 293.9 338.0 10.39 6 750 2560 12.5 -1.2 39 13.7 5.4 242 17 310.2 311.1 290.2 324.8 4.67 7 700 3134 8.2 -5.3 38 13.5 1.8 259 19 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.3 3.69 8 650 3741 4.4 -16.6 20 21.0 -3.3 269 21 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.3 1.61 9 600 4389 1.5 -24.8 12 26.2 -6.5 276 26 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.8 0.86 10 550 5083 -2.7 -19.0 27 16.3 -8.3 283 29 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.55 11 500 5831 -8.2 -26.5 21 18.3 -13.1 289 30 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.88 12 450 6639 -14.3 -30.0 25 15.6 -17.9 275 32 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.71 13 400 7519 -21.3 -32.7 35 11.3 -23.5 287 39 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.61 14 350 8489 -29.1 -40.7 32 11.6 -30.5 290 43 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.31 15 300 9571 -37.8 -47.5 36 9.7 -38.5 306 45 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.18 16 250 10799 -48.3 -53.2 57 4.9 -48.5 313 59 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 17 200 12231 -58.0 -63.9 47 5.9 -58.0 303 44 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 14028 -61.4 -78.0 9 16.6 -61.5 295 52 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16493 -68.9 -83.2 11 14.3 -68.9 277 29 394.6 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.01 m Freezing level: 582.39 mb = 4633.30 m = 15200.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.56 mb = 3340.89 m = 10960.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.83 mb = 2450.66 m = 8040.12 ft T: 12.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 22.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2871.54 m = 9420.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 26.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 678.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.92 mb = 2372.42 m = 7783.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.92 mb = 5055.47 m = 16585.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.92 mb = 11859.48 m = 38908.58 ft B at Equ Level: 676.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.92 mb = 13948.51 m = 45762.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 14.89 Bulk Shear: 45.60 m/s