MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.02,-96.58 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 993 128 26.5 19.3 65 7.1 21.5 198 8 300.2 302.8 294.8 342.3 14.37 2 950 524 26.3 17.4 58 8.9 20.1 211 24 303.9 306.3 295.1 343.3 13.25 3 900 999 23.4 15.1 59 8.4 17.8 223 30 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.8 12.05 4 850 1496 19.7 12.3 63 7.3 14.9 244 30 306.8 308.7 294.0 338.9 10.66 5 800 2015 16.0 8.5 61 7.5 11.4 264 29 308.2 309.9 293.0 334.9 8.77 6 750 2560 12.0 3.7 57 8.3 7.2 278 34 309.6 310.8 291.7 330.1 6.65 7 700 3133 6.8 -0.3 61 7.1 3.1 282 35 310.1 311.1 290.8 326.8 5.37 8 650 3737 2.0 -4.7 61 6.7 -1.2 272 35 311.2 312.0 290.0 324.3 4.15 9 600 4378 -1.0 -16.8 29 15.8 -6.6 270 41 315.0 315.3 288.9 320.7 1.71 10 550 5068 -4.1 -29.4 12 25.3 -10.6 277 49 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.3 0.61 11 500 5815 -7.5 -37.3 7 29.8 -13.7 278 48 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.31 12 450 6623 -15.0 -39.3 11 24.2 -19.2 282 46 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.28 13 400 7499 -22.4 -43.4 13 21.0 -25.1 277 47 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.21 14 350 8466 -29.0 -51.6 9 22.6 -30.9 278 61 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 15 300 9550 -37.2 -55.4 13 18.2 -38.2 282 67 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 16 250 10782 -46.4 -59.2 22 12.8 -46.8 276 58 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12246 -53.4 -68.8 14 15.4 -53.7 274 76 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14065 -61.3 -78.4 9 17.1 -61.4 272 44 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16519 -69.7 -83.1 12 13.4 -69.8 260 33 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.62 m Freezing level: 616.68 mb = 4164.12 m = 13661.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.47 mb = 3569.58 m = 11711.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.39 mb = 1044.00 m = 3425.17 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.60 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.00 mb = 2283.33 m = 7491.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.15 C = 95.28 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 32.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1238.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.09 mb = 1657.73 m = 5438.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.09 mb = 2795.01 m = 9169.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.09 mb = 11647.67 m = 38213.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1224.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.09 mb = 14973.12 m = 49123.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 318.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.21 Bulk Rich Number: 10.03 Bulk Shear: 123.54 m/s