MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.17,-96.74 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 985 189 29.0 16.4 47 12.6 20.4 165 13 303.4 305.7 294.1 339.0 11.97 2 950 508 28.5 14.8 43 13.7 19.2 178 27 306.1 308.2 294.3 339.8 11.20 3 900 986 24.9 12.8 47 12.1 16.9 196 28 307.1 309.1 294.0 338.5 10.39 4 850 1484 20.9 11.0 53 9.9 14.6 216 26 308.1 309.9 293.7 337.6 9.74 5 800 2005 16.6 9.2 62 7.4 12.0 237 26 308.9 310.6 293.6 336.9 9.20 6 750 2551 11.8 7.5 75 4.3 9.2 252 28 309.4 311.1 293.3 336.0 8.70 7 700 3124 6.7 5.4 92 1.3 5.9 261 33 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.7 8.09 8 650 3728 2.1 -0.3 84 2.5 0.8 269 36 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.3 5.76 9 600 4373 0.2 -13.9 34 14.1 -5.3 279 34 316.3 316.8 289.8 323.5 2.17 10 550 5065 -3.7 -21.6 23 17.9 -9.3 278 36 319.8 320.0 290.0 324.0 1.24 11 500 5810 -8.9 -23.8 29 14.9 -13.2 274 40 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.1 1.11 12 450 6616 -15.3 -25.0 43 9.7 -17.9 276 44 323.9 324.2 291.1 327.8 1.11 13 400 7493 -22.3 -30.6 47 8.3 -23.9 283 49 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.75 14 350 8459 -29.7 -36.2 53 6.5 -30.6 286 54 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.49 15 300 9540 -37.8 -48.4 32 10.6 -38.5 302 64 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 16 250 10769 -48.4 -51.6 69 3.2 -48.5 304 79 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12207 -57.5 -65.5 36 7.9 -57.6 313 67 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 13995 -60.6 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.7 288 54 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16467 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.3 268 41 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.74 m Freezing level: 597.52 mb = 4407.26 m = 14459.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.11 mb = 3814.30 m = 12513.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.14 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.75 mb = 1795.49 m = 5890.64 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.99 mb = 2685.05 m = 8809.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.10 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 39.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 855.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.58 mb = 2278.13 m = 7474.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.58 mb = 3011.12 m = 9878.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.58 mb = 11905.13 m = 39058.34 ft B at Equ Level: 842.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.58 mb = 14012.08 m = 45970.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.22 Bulk Shear: 163.75 m/s