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: 31.49,-95.98 Latitude: 31.49 Longitude: -95.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 116 27.5 18.6 58 8.9 21.3 204 11 301.1 303.6 294.6 341.3 13.66 2 950 522 25.4 17.6 62 7.8 20.0 208 27 303.0 305.4 295.0 342.7 13.41 3 900 996 22.6 15.2 63 7.4 17.6 216 37 304.8 307.0 294.6 341.0 12.13 4 850 1491 19.0 12.5 66 6.5 14.7 235 33 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.4 10.78 5 800 2009 15.8 8.7 62 7.1 11.4 265 31 308.0 309.7 293.0 334.9 8.85 6 750 2554 11.5 4.8 64 6.7 7.6 276 35 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.2 7.22 7 700 3126 6.4 0.9 68 5.5 3.5 277 36 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.7 5.85 8 650 3729 1.6 -2.9 72 4.4 -0.6 267 37 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.7 4.77 9 600 4369 -2.1 -13.7 41 11.6 -6.5 262 42 313.7 314.1 289.0 320.9 2.21 10 550 5057 -5.0 -26.8 16 21.9 -10.9 268 49 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.9 0.77 11 500 5802 -7.9 -37.1 8 29.2 -13.9 271 53 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.32 12 450 6609 -15.4 -38.8 11 23.5 -19.4 276 51 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.29 13 400 7485 -22.4 -44.3 12 21.9 -25.1 272 54 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.19 14 350 8452 -28.9 -52.6 8 23.7 -30.9 276 67 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.08 15 300 9536 -37.5 -54.7 15 17.2 -38.5 281 71 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.08 16 250 10770 -46.0 -60.4 18 14.4 -46.4 268 55 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.04 17 200 12233 -52.9 -69.1 12 16.3 -53.2 268 76 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14057 -60.3 -78.8 7 18.5 -60.4 261 38 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16514 -69.6 -83.1 12 13.6 -69.6 260 33 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.51 m Freezing level: 628.59 mb = 4003.01 m = 13133.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.62 mb = 3634.13 m = 11922.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.39 mb = 1255.82 m = 4120.09 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 21.80 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.39 mb = 2229.66 m = 7315.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1197.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.18 mb = 1590.30 m = 5217.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.18 mb = 2719.53 m = 8922.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.18 mb = 11455.57 m = 37583.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1183.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.18 mb = 14687.36 m = 48186.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 9.59 Bulk Shear: 124.96 m/s