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: 31.79,-96.51 Latitude: 31.79 Longitude: -96.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 995 135 26.8 17.9 58 8.9 20.7 163 13 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.9 13.12 2 950 540 23.9 17.1 66 6.8 19.3 166 25 301.5 303.8 294.3 339.9 13.06 3 900 1010 20.4 15.6 74 4.8 17.1 181 27 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.3 12.44 4 850 1503 17.6 13.2 75 4.4 14.7 205 22 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.3 11.29 5 800 2019 14.1 10.9 81 3.2 12.0 231 23 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.0 10.26 6 750 2560 9.7 9.4 97 0.4 9.5 240 26 307.2 309.0 293.6 337.1 9.90 7 700 3131 6.8 4.1 83 2.6 5.2 237 28 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.7 7.38 8 650 3739 4.6 -0.8 68 5.4 1.8 240 24 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.57 9 600 4386 -0.3 -3.6 79 3.2 -1.9 245 27 315.7 316.7 292.1 331.4 4.90 10 550 5075 -5.9 -10.6 69 4.7 -7.8 247 29 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.1 3.09 11 500 5815 -10.9 -18.9 52 8.0 -13.4 240 34 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.72 12 450 6616 -16.8 -20.5 73 3.8 -17.9 238 39 322.2 322.5 291.1 327.8 1.66 13 400 7491 -22.3 -22.3 99 0.1 -22.2 248 52 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.6 1.60 14 350 8458 -29.3 -29.4 100 0.0 -29.3 247 58 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9542 -37.3 -37.8 95 0.6 -37.3 246 68 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.49 16 250 10775 -46.7 -47.5 92 0.8 -46.7 248 78 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.21 17 200 12216 -58.3 -59.5 87 1.1 -58.4 247 86 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.06 18 150 14003 -62.3 -77.6 11 15.3 -62.4 247 65 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16468 -68.0 -83.4 9 15.4 -68.1 252 34 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.38 m Freezing level: 603.26 mb = 4343.94 m = 14251.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.92 mb = 4044.21 m = 13268.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.58 mb = 1266.92 m = 4156.51 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 11.43 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 1983.46 m = 6507.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 39.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 934.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.28 mb = 1439.18 m = 4721.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.28 mb = 2435.11 m = 7989.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.28 mb = 11861.38 m = 38914.81 ft B at Equ Level: 931.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.28 mb = 14367.05 m = 47135.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.39 Bulk Shear: 82.08 m/s