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: 31.48,-96.19 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 994 126 27.2 18.8 60 8.4 21.3 207 11 300.9 303.4 294.7 341.6 13.87 2 950 522 25.3 17.7 63 7.6 20.1 210 26 302.8 305.3 295.0 343.0 13.54 3 900 995 22.5 15.3 64 7.2 17.7 221 35 304.7 306.9 294.6 341.2 12.25 4 850 1491 19.2 12.4 65 6.8 14.8 242 32 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.5 10.70 5 800 2010 15.9 8.8 63 7.1 11.5 265 32 308.1 309.8 293.1 335.3 8.93 6 750 2554 11.4 5.0 64 6.5 7.7 274 35 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.3 7.29 7 700 3126 6.4 0.5 66 5.9 3.2 277 36 309.6 310.6 290.9 327.1 5.67 8 650 3729 1.5 -3.3 70 4.8 -0.9 267 37 310.7 311.5 290.3 325.1 4.61 9 600 4370 -1.7 -14.9 36 13.2 -6.6 263 43 314.1 314.5 288.9 320.7 2.00 10 550 5058 -4.7 -27.9 14 23.2 -10.8 269 51 318.5 318.7 289.0 321.0 0.70 11 500 5803 -7.8 -37.2 7 29.4 -13.9 271 52 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.31 12 450 6610 -15.4 -39.0 11 23.5 -19.4 275 50 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.29 13 400 7486 -22.6 -43.8 13 21.1 -25.3 274 54 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.20 14 350 8452 -29.1 -52.1 9 23.0 -31.0 276 66 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.09 15 300 9535 -37.7 -54.4 16 16.7 -38.7 280 72 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10767 -46.1 -59.6 20 13.5 -46.6 272 58 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12229 -52.7 -69.3 12 16.6 -53.1 270 79 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14055 -59.9 -78.9 7 19.0 -60.0 261 38 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16513 -69.3 -83.1 12 13.8 -69.4 262 34 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.77 m Freezing level: 626.91 mb = 4024.73 m = 13204.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.47 mb = 3598.80 m = 11806.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.52 mb = 1194.95 m = 3920.38 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.28 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2211.92 m = 7256.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1261.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.28 mb = 1558.65 m = 5113.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.28 mb = 2684.85 m = 8808.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.28 mb = 11362.50 m = 37278.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1254.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.28 mb = 14548.52 m = 47730.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 320.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.38 Bulk Rich Number: 10.38 Bulk Shear: 121.54 m/s