MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-98.02 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -98.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 323 25.1 17.9 64 7.2 20.1 235 9 300.6 303.0 294.3 339.9 13.39 2 950 531 23.5 17.0 67 6.5 19.0 235 16 301.0 303.4 294.1 339.0 12.91 3 900 1001 19.4 15.8 80 3.5 17.0 231 21 301.5 303.8 294.0 338.7 12.65 4 850 1490 15.6 14.1 91 1.4 14.6 227 24 302.4 304.7 293.8 338.0 12.00 5 800 2003 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 223 25 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.4 11.07 6 750 2543 9.7 7.8 88 1.9 8.5 225 25 307.1 308.8 292.8 334.0 8.88 7 700 3115 7.5 2.9 73 4.5 4.9 231 29 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.6 6.75 8 650 3722 3.4 -1.2 72 4.6 1.0 234 36 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.7 5.40 9 600 4366 -1.5 -4.5 80 3.0 -2.9 234 41 314.4 315.2 291.4 328.9 4.58 10 550 5053 -5.9 -20.2 31 14.3 -10.4 244 42 317.1 317.3 289.3 321.8 1.40 11 500 5791 -11.8 -24.9 33 13.1 -15.2 244 42 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.1 1.01 12 450 6588 -18.1 -23.6 62 5.5 -19.5 242 45 320.4 320.7 290.2 324.8 1.26 13 400 7456 -23.6 -23.8 98 0.2 -23.7 240 49 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.2 1.40 14 350 8420 -30.0 -30.4 96 0.5 -30.0 243 56 328.4 328.5 292.1 331.5 0.87 15 300 9500 -38.1 -38.4 97 0.3 -38.2 243 70 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.4 0.46 16 250 10728 -47.5 -47.9 95 0.4 -47.5 245 83 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.20 17 200 12165 -58.4 -61.6 66 3.2 -58.5 246 89 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 18 150 13968 -60.9 -78.1 9 17.3 -61.0 246 51 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16446 -67.4 -83.6 8 16.2 -67.5 252 35 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.57 m Freezing level: 615.47 mb = 4166.47 m = 13669.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.06 mb = 3883.40 m = 12740.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.13 mb = 1231.13 m = 4039.10 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.07 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1600.06 m = 5249.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.22 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1093.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.45 mb = 1405.77 m = 4612.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.45 mb = 1967.01 m = 6453.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.45 mb = 3074.46 m = 10086.67 ft B at Equ Level: 12.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.45 mb = 14682.48 m = 48170.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 29.94 Bulk Shear: 36.52 m/s