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: 31.69,-95.92 Latitude: 31.69 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 995 114 27.3 18.6 59 8.7 21.3 207 12 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.2 13.70 2 950 519 25.2 17.6 63 7.6 19.9 210 27 302.7 305.2 294.9 342.6 13.45 3 900 993 22.1 15.4 66 6.7 17.6 218 36 304.3 306.6 294.6 341.1 12.32 4 850 1487 18.8 12.7 68 6.1 14.8 236 34 305.8 307.9 294.0 338.7 10.93 5 800 2006 15.7 9.0 65 6.6 11.5 263 33 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.4 9.07 6 750 2550 11.3 4.6 64 6.7 7.5 273 35 308.8 310.2 291.9 330.7 7.12 7 700 3122 6.3 0.5 67 5.7 3.2 274 36 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.69 8 650 3724 1.5 -3.7 68 5.2 -1.0 263 38 310.7 311.5 290.2 324.7 4.49 9 600 4365 -1.9 -14.8 37 12.8 -6.7 259 43 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.5 2.02 10 550 5053 -4.6 -28.0 14 23.3 -10.8 265 51 318.6 318.7 289.0 321.0 0.70 11 500 5798 -7.9 -38.0 7 30.2 -14.0 271 54 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.29 12 450 6605 -15.5 -39.8 10 24.3 -19.6 276 53 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.8 0.27 13 400 7481 -22.5 -44.6 11 22.1 -25.2 271 56 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.18 14 350 8448 -28.9 -52.4 9 23.5 -30.9 274 68 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.09 15 300 9531 -37.7 -53.9 17 16.2 -38.7 280 74 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 16 250 10763 -46.4 -59.2 22 12.8 -46.8 271 57 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12222 -52.8 -69.3 12 16.5 -53.1 269 79 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14052 -59.4 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.6 258 37 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16509 -69.3 -83.1 12 13.8 -69.4 260 33 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.27 m Freezing level: 628.23 mb = 4003.14 m = 13133.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.57 mb = 3580.81 m = 11747.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.44 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.99 mb = 1226.83 m = 4024.99 ft T: 20.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.04 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.50 mb = 2181.69 m = 7157.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1216.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.81 mb = 1539.84 m = 5051.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.81 mb = 2663.50 m = 8738.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.81 mb = 11313.79 m = 37118.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1211.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.81 mb = 14478.87 m = 47502.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 320.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.31 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 119.39 m/s