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: 31.55,-96.03 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 995 116 27.4 18.6 59 8.8 21.3 206 11 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.3 13.70 2 950 521 25.3 17.6 62 7.7 20.0 209 27 302.9 305.3 295.0 342.7 13.46 3 900 995 22.5 15.2 63 7.4 17.5 218 37 304.7 307.0 294.6 341.0 12.13 4 850 1490 19.0 12.4 65 6.6 14.7 237 33 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.3 10.72 5 800 2009 15.9 8.7 62 7.2 11.4 265 31 308.1 309.7 293.0 335.0 8.86 6 750 2553 11.4 4.7 63 6.7 7.5 275 35 309.0 310.3 292.0 331.0 7.17 7 700 3125 6.3 0.7 67 5.6 3.4 276 36 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.3 5.76 8 650 3728 1.5 -2.9 73 4.3 -0.7 266 37 310.6 311.5 290.4 325.5 4.76 9 600 4368 -2.1 -13.9 40 11.8 -6.5 261 42 313.7 314.2 289.0 320.9 2.18 10 550 5056 -4.9 -27.2 16 22.3 -10.8 267 50 318.3 318.5 289.0 320.9 0.75 11 500 5801 -7.9 -37.2 7 29.3 -13.9 271 53 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.31 12 450 6608 -15.4 -39.1 11 23.6 -19.4 276 51 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.29 13 400 7483 -22.5 -44.3 12 21.8 -25.2 272 55 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.19 14 350 8450 -29.0 -52.4 9 23.4 -30.9 276 68 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 15 300 9534 -37.6 -54.3 16 16.7 -38.6 280 73 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 16 250 10767 -46.1 -59.8 20 13.7 -46.6 269 57 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12229 -52.8 -69.2 12 16.4 -53.1 269 77 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14055 -59.9 -78.9 7 19.0 -60.1 260 37 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16513 -69.4 -83.2 12 13.8 -69.5 260 33 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.20 m Freezing level: 629.22 mb = 3993.83 m = 13102.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.45 mb = 3622.63 m = 11885.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.68 C = 90.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.05 mb = 1238.38 m = 4062.88 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 21.85 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.88 mb = 2223.56 m = 7295.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.80 C = 94.65 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1219.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.62 mb = 1574.76 m = 5166.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.62 mb = 2702.47 m = 8866.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.62 mb = 11410.38 m = 37435.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1207.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.62 mb = 14621.71 m = 47970.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 10.08 Bulk Shear: 120.98 m/s