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: 32.83,-94.53 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 994 107 23.4 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 173 11 297.0 299.7 294.6 340.9 15.21 2 950 506 23.8 17.4 67 6.4 19.4 195 33 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.4 13.26 3 900 977 20.7 15.1 70 5.6 17.0 211 38 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.8 12.11 4 850 1469 17.4 12.6 74 4.7 14.3 222 40 304.3 306.4 293.5 336.8 10.87 5 800 1985 14.1 9.7 75 4.4 11.4 238 37 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.9 9.50 6 750 2527 10.6 6.4 75 4.2 8.1 255 38 308.1 309.6 292.4 332.6 8.06 7 700 3099 6.2 3.4 83 2.7 4.6 254 40 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.9 7.02 8 650 3702 1.4 -0.3 88 1.8 0.5 246 42 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.5 5.75 9 600 4341 -3.0 -11.4 52 8.4 -6.3 243 43 312.6 313.1 289.1 321.2 2.66 10 550 5027 -5.4 -22.4 25 17.0 -10.5 250 55 317.7 317.9 289.2 321.6 1.15 11 500 5771 -8.2 -33.8 11 25.6 -13.9 258 64 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.44 12 450 6577 -15.5 -35.3 16 19.9 -19.2 265 64 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.3 0.42 13 400 7453 -22.2 -39.9 18 17.7 -24.7 263 69 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.30 14 350 8422 -28.5 -45.3 18 16.9 -30.3 266 72 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.19 15 300 9506 -37.3 -46.5 38 9.2 -38.1 275 72 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.20 16 250 10741 -46.3 -58.9 23 12.6 -46.7 256 46 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12190 -54.6 -65.5 25 10.9 -54.9 259 73 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14021 -58.4 -79.5 5 21.1 -58.6 272 39 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16490 -67.6 -83.3 9 15.7 -67.7 257 35 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.82 m Freezing level: 633.83 mb = 3908.50 m = 12823.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.41 mb = 3745.95 m = 12289.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.26 mb = 503.58 m = 1652.14 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.71 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.18 mb = 1846.18 m = 6056.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 962.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.98 mb = 1259.51 m = 4132.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.98 mb = 2683.73 m = 8804.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.98 mb = 11115.48 m = 36467.67 ft B at Equ Level: 959.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.98 mb = 14186.83 m = 46544.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 451.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.56 Bulk Rich Number: 6.33 Bulk Shear: 152.11 m/s