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: 32.69,-96.19 Latitude: 32.69 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 992 146 31.0 18.1 46 12.9 21.9 194 15 304.9 307.3 295.4 344.5 13.29 2 950 526 26.6 16.7 55 9.9 19.8 202 22 304.2 306.5 294.8 341.9 12.67 3 900 1001 22.1 15.8 67 6.3 17.8 208 22 304.3 306.6 294.8 341.9 12.61 4 850 1494 17.7 14.4 81 3.3 15.5 215 23 304.7 306.9 294.6 341.2 12.24 5 800 2011 15.2 9.4 69 5.7 11.6 221 24 307.3 309.1 293.2 335.5 9.32 6 750 2556 11.7 3.2 56 8.5 6.9 227 24 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.1 6.43 7 700 3128 7.4 -4.6 42 12.0 1.6 243 21 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.9 3.88 8 650 3733 3.0 -10.9 35 14.0 -2.7 258 23 312.4 312.9 288.9 320.6 2.55 9 600 4378 0.5 -23.5 15 24.0 -6.9 272 30 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.0 0.96 10 550 5070 -4.0 -17.2 35 13.2 -8.7 278 30 319.3 319.7 290.4 325.4 1.80 11 500 5814 -9.3 -24.1 29 14.8 -13.5 280 30 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.5 1.09 12 450 6620 -14.9 -28.7 30 13.8 -18.1 266 34 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.79 13 400 7497 -22.4 -29.6 52 7.3 -23.8 275 38 325.9 326.1 291.4 328.9 0.82 14 350 8463 -29.9 -38.5 43 8.6 -31.0 287 51 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.39 15 300 9542 -38.4 -43.8 57 5.4 -38.8 296 50 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.26 16 250 10769 -48.4 -53.2 57 4.8 -48.6 307 68 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.11 17 200 12202 -58.0 -63.1 52 5.2 -58.1 299 57 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 13999 -60.6 -78.1 8 17.5 -60.8 293 50 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16474 -67.0 -83.4 8 16.4 -67.1 270 31 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.91 m Freezing level: 594.35 mb = 4455.96 m = 14619.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.32 mb = 3349.12 m = 10987.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.97 mb = 1770.08 m = 5807.26 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 24.54 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2241.02 m = 7352.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.68 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1446.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.68 mb = 1783.40 m = 5850.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.68 mb = 2817.77 m = 9244.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.68 mb = 12306.22 m = 40374.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1442.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.68 mb = 15030.31 m = 49311.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 29.88 Bulk Shear: 48.40 m/s