MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 30.86,-97.33 Latitude: 30.86 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 989 175 28.7 16.7 48 12.0 20.5 149 12 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.8 12.15 2 950 532 26.7 15.7 51 11.0 19.2 162 23 304.3 306.5 294.3 339.7 11.88 3 900 1007 23.0 14.2 57 8.9 17.1 182 23 305.2 307.3 294.1 339.3 11.36 4 850 1502 19.3 12.3 64 7.1 14.7 207 20 306.4 308.3 293.9 338.3 10.60 5 800 2021 14.9 10.5 75 4.4 12.1 224 20 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.4 10.05 6 750 2563 10.0 9.1 94 1.0 9.5 231 21 307.5 309.3 293.5 336.9 9.70 7 700 3135 6.5 5.3 92 1.2 5.8 237 20 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.2 8.01 8 650 3741 4.0 0.6 78 3.4 2.2 241 22 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.8 6.16 9 600 4388 -0.3 -4.6 73 4.3 -2.4 257 26 315.8 316.6 291.8 330.3 4.54 10 550 5079 -4.7 -12.3 55 7.6 -7.7 250 31 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.5 2.71 11 500 5821 -9.9 -17.4 55 7.4 -12.5 243 35 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.96 12 450 6625 -15.6 -19.5 72 4.0 -16.8 240 39 323.7 324.0 291.7 329.8 1.81 13 400 7504 -21.5 -23.4 84 1.9 -22.0 243 45 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.1 1.44 14 350 8475 -28.2 -30.1 84 1.9 -28.6 244 50 330.7 330.9 292.8 333.9 0.89 15 300 9562 -36.5 -38.5 81 2.1 -36.7 246 64 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.7 0.46 16 250 10799 -46.5 -46.9 96 0.4 -46.5 244 79 336.9 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.22 17 200 12240 -58.0 -59.7 81 1.7 -58.0 245 81 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.06 18 150 14026 -63.2 -77.3 13 14.0 -63.3 251 62 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16474 -69.0 -83.4 11 14.4 -69.1 255 40 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.50 m Freezing level: 603.68 mb = 4340.47 m = 14240.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.23 mb = 4042.29 m = 13261.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.51 mb = 1700.65 m = 5579.48 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2309.99 m = 7578.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 40.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.80 mb = 1958.96 m = 6426.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.80 mb = 2554.53 m = 8380.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.80 mb = 11601.24 m = 38061.36 ft B at Equ Level: 696.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.80 mb = 13993.32 m = 45909.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 89.39 m/s