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: 31.51,-96.31 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 134 27.0 18.9 61 8.1 21.3 209 11 300.8 303.3 294.7 341.8 13.97 2 950 521 25.2 17.8 64 7.3 20.1 212 26 302.7 305.2 295.1 343.1 13.64 3 900 995 22.4 15.4 65 6.9 17.7 224 34 304.6 306.8 294.6 341.3 12.33 4 850 1490 19.4 12.3 64 7.1 14.8 247 32 306.4 308.4 293.9 338.5 10.64 5 800 2009 16.0 8.9 63 7.0 11.6 265 34 308.2 309.8 293.2 335.5 8.99 6 750 2554 11.4 5.1 65 6.3 7.7 273 35 308.9 310.3 292.1 331.4 7.35 7 700 3126 6.3 0.2 65 6.1 3.1 277 35 309.5 310.5 290.7 326.7 5.55 8 650 3728 1.4 -3.5 70 4.9 -1.0 266 37 310.5 311.4 290.2 324.7 4.53 9 600 4369 -1.6 -15.8 33 14.2 -6.7 263 44 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.4 1.86 10 550 5057 -4.5 -28.6 13 24.1 -10.8 269 52 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.1 0.66 11 500 5803 -7.8 -37.3 7 29.5 -13.9 270 52 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.31 12 450 6610 -15.5 -38.9 11 23.5 -19.5 274 50 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.29 13 400 7485 -22.8 -43.4 13 20.6 -25.4 275 54 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.21 14 350 8451 -29.3 -51.7 10 22.4 -31.2 275 66 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 15 300 9533 -37.9 -54.1 17 16.2 -38.9 279 74 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 16 250 10764 -46.3 -59.1 22 12.8 -46.7 274 61 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12225 -52.6 -69.5 11 16.9 -52.9 271 81 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14053 -59.5 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.7 260 37 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16512 -69.2 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.2 263 35 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.03 m Freezing level: 626.44 mb = 4030.10 m = 13221.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.90 mb = 3580.54 m = 11747.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.38 mb = 1166.23 m = 3826.16 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.32 mb = 2197.88 m = 7210.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1302.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.51 mb = 1535.45 m = 5037.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.51 mb = 2659.40 m = 8724.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.51 mb = 11295.15 m = 37057.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1301.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.51 mb = 14449.55 m = 47406.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 311.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 10.98 Bulk Shear: 118.61 m/s