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: 32.60,-94.60 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 995 108 23.5 20.3 82 3.2 21.3 172 10 297.1 299.9 294.6 341.3 15.27 2 950 511 24.0 17.4 66 6.6 19.5 199 31 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.6 13.25 3 900 983 20.8 15.1 70 5.8 17.0 213 37 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.7 12.06 4 850 1475 17.0 13.0 77 4.0 14.4 222 39 304.0 306.0 293.6 337.2 11.16 5 800 1990 13.5 10.4 82 3.1 11.6 235 38 305.5 307.4 293.2 335.5 9.97 6 750 2531 10.3 6.8 79 3.5 8.2 252 38 307.8 309.3 292.5 333.0 8.30 7 700 3103 6.4 3.7 83 2.7 4.9 254 41 309.6 310.9 292.2 331.5 7.14 8 650 3706 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.2 249 43 310.8 311.7 290.7 326.6 5.07 9 600 4346 -2.4 -13.7 41 11.4 -6.6 248 44 313.4 313.8 288.9 320.6 2.21 10 550 5033 -5.0 -22.8 23 17.9 -10.3 253 54 318.2 318.4 289.3 322.0 1.11 11 500 5778 -8.2 -33.3 11 25.1 -13.9 260 61 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.8 0.46 12 450 6584 -15.5 -35.0 17 19.5 -19.2 266 62 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.3 0.43 13 400 7460 -22.0 -40.4 17 18.4 -24.6 263 65 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.28 14 350 8430 -28.3 -46.2 16 17.9 -30.2 267 71 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.17 15 300 9515 -37.4 -48.3 31 10.9 -38.2 276 71 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16 16 250 10748 -46.4 -58.0 26 11.6 -46.9 260 47 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.06 17 200 12198 -54.2 -66.4 21 12.1 -54.5 262 73 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14028 -58.7 -79.5 5 20.8 -58.9 271 41 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16493 -67.8 -83.2 9 15.4 -67.9 260 36 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.75 m Freezing level: 629.92 mb = 3963.01 m = 13001.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3679.58 m = 12071.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.59 mb = 515.01 m = 1689.65 ft T: 23.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1734.46 m = 5690.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 951.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.51 mb = 1279.48 m = 4197.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.51 mb = 2480.91 m = 8139.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.51 mb = 11163.72 m = 36625.94 ft B at Equ Level: 947.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.51 mb = 13840.10 m = 45406.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 444.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 6.44 Bulk Shear: 147.76 m/s