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: 31.08,-96.37 Latitude: 31.08 Longitude: -96.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 123 26.6 19.4 65 7.2 21.5 192 8 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.4 14.40 2 950 524 26.0 17.5 59 8.5 20.1 207 23 303.6 306.1 295.1 343.3 13.38 3 900 999 23.0 15.4 62 7.6 17.8 221 29 305.2 307.5 294.8 342.0 12.28 4 850 1495 19.2 12.7 66 6.5 15.0 240 30 306.3 308.3 294.1 339.3 10.96 5 800 2014 15.7 8.8 64 6.8 11.4 262 29 307.9 309.5 293.1 335.0 8.94 6 750 2558 11.8 4.0 59 7.8 7.3 278 34 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.3 6.80 7 700 3131 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.2 280 36 310.1 311.1 290.8 326.9 5.41 8 650 3735 2.1 -5.5 57 7.7 -1.4 270 37 311.4 312.1 289.9 323.7 3.90 9 600 4376 -1.0 -17.1 28 16.1 -6.7 269 42 315.0 315.3 288.9 320.5 1.66 10 550 5067 -4.1 -29.3 12 25.1 -10.6 276 49 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.62 11 500 5813 -7.5 -37.4 7 30.0 -13.7 278 48 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.31 12 450 6621 -15.0 -39.3 11 24.3 -19.2 282 47 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.28 13 400 7498 -22.4 -43.6 13 21.2 -25.1 275 47 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.20 14 350 8465 -28.9 -51.7 9 22.8 -30.9 276 60 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.09 15 300 9548 -37.2 -55.4 13 18.2 -38.2 282 66 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 16 250 10781 -46.1 -59.6 20 13.5 -46.6 275 57 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12245 -53.4 -68.8 14 15.4 -53.7 273 75 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14064 -61.2 -78.3 9 17.1 -61.4 270 44 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16518 -69.8 -83.1 13 13.3 -69.9 260 33 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.43 m Freezing level: 615.95 mb = 4171.80 m = 13686.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.17 mb = 3546.82 m = 11636.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.03 mb = 1047.30 m = 3435.98 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 22.81 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.32 mb = 2202.26 m = 7225.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1236.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.72 mb = 1599.08 m = 5246.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.72 mb = 2729.24 m = 8954.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.72 mb = 11480.21 m = 37664.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1231.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.72 mb = 14714.11 m = 48274.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 327.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 9.27 Bulk Shear: 133.47 m/s