MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.71,-95.87 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 988 174 27.9 20.3 63 7.6 22.5 198 20 302.1 305.0 296.1 347.5 15.36 2 950 516 23.2 19.0 77 4.2 20.2 197 30 300.7 303.4 295.3 343.9 14.70 3 900 986 19.1 17.7 92 1.4 18.1 198 30 301.1 303.8 295.1 343.1 14.28 4 850 1476 17.6 11.9 69 5.7 13.9 204 33 304.5 306.5 293.2 335.5 10.36 5 800 1993 14.5 8.5 67 6.1 10.8 208 32 306.7 308.3 292.5 333.0 8.71 6 750 2535 10.4 6.3 75 4.1 7.9 212 31 307.9 309.4 292.3 332.2 7.99 7 700 3105 5.8 3.1 83 2.7 4.3 218 30 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.0 6.86 8 650 3708 1.0 -1.3 85 2.3 -0.2 225 32 310.1 311.1 290.8 326.8 5.36 9 600 4346 -3.1 -12.9 47 9.8 -6.8 233 34 312.5 313.0 288.8 320.2 2.36 10 550 5030 -6.8 -23.9 24 17.1 -11.6 238 37 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.01 11 500 5767 -11.6 -21.8 42 10.2 -14.6 241 42 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.4 1.33 12 450 6567 -16.8 -24.6 51 7.8 -18.8 243 48 322.1 322.4 290.6 326.2 1.16 13 400 7441 -22.9 -29.9 53 7.0 -24.3 247 56 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.1 0.80 14 350 8405 -30.3 -34.7 66 4.4 -30.9 250 60 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.0 0.58 15 300 9483 -38.3 -40.3 81 2.0 -38.5 252 67 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.8 0.38 16 250 10718 -45.5 -47.4 80 2.0 -45.6 259 66 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.21 17 200 12175 -53.3 -59.4 48 6.0 -53.5 255 77 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.06 18 150 14012 -59.4 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.6 257 41 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16489 -66.0 -83.5 7 17.4 -66.1 253 27 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.63 m Freezing level: 637.53 mb = 3866.90 m = 12686.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.75 mb = 3685.77 m = 12092.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.27 mb = 1136.99 m = 3730.23 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 28.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1584.34 m = 5197.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1904.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.28 mb = 1117.52 m = 3666.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.28 mb = 2191.53 m = 7189.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.28 mb = 11514.51 m = 37776.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1900.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.28 mb = 15310.35 m = 50230.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 68.31 Bulk Shear: 27.88 m/s