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: 31.87,-94.99 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 116 26.3 18.7 63 7.6 21.1 193 11 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.3 13.79 2 950 520 25.3 16.8 59 8.5 19.5 209 28 302.9 305.2 294.5 340.7 12.78 3 900 993 21.4 15.2 68 6.2 17.2 215 34 303.6 305.8 294.3 339.8 12.19 4 850 1486 17.3 13.4 77 4.0 14.7 221 34 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.3 11.41 5 800 2001 14.0 10.2 78 3.8 11.6 242 34 306.1 307.9 293.2 335.6 9.83 6 750 2544 10.8 6.4 74 4.4 8.2 261 38 308.3 309.8 292.5 332.9 8.06 7 700 3116 6.6 3.0 78 3.6 4.6 261 40 309.8 311.1 291.9 330.7 6.78 8 650 3720 2.3 -5.1 58 7.4 -1.2 255 42 311.6 312.3 290.0 324.2 4.02 9 600 4361 -1.6 -17.5 28 16.0 -7.1 258 44 314.3 314.6 288.6 319.7 1.61 10 550 5050 -4.1 -27.5 14 23.4 -10.4 265 52 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.8 0.73 11 500 5797 -7.5 -38.1 7 30.6 -13.7 269 54 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.29 12 450 6605 -15.2 -39.0 11 23.8 -19.3 273 55 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.29 13 400 7482 -21.9 -44.9 11 22.9 -24.8 265 56 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.18 14 350 8451 -28.2 -51.9 8 23.7 -30.3 272 65 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.09 15 300 9537 -37.2 -54.7 14 17.6 -38.2 280 64 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 16 250 10770 -46.4 -59.2 22 12.7 -46.9 268 47 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 17 200 12225 -53.2 -68.7 14 15.4 -53.5 266 74 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14050 -60.4 -78.6 7 18.2 -60.6 258 36 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16504 -69.8 -83.1 13 13.3 -69.9 259 40 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.74 m Freezing level: 620.27 mb = 4101.04 m = 13454.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.44 mb = 3589.81 m = 11777.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.88 mb = 1090.48 m = 3577.64 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.06 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.10 mb = 1957.74 m = 6422.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 855.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.59 mb = 1540.13 m = 5052.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.59 mb = 2659.57 m = 8725.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.59 mb = 11325.36 m = 37156.25 ft B at Equ Level: 841.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.59 mb = 14066.14 m = 46148.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 342.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 7.16 Bulk Shear: 119.44 m/s