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: 32.9,-93.9 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 998 82 22.4 20.4 89 2.0 21.0 189 10 295.7 298.4 294.2 339.6 15.29 2 950 517 23.0 17.4 71 5.6 19.2 205 33 300.6 303.0 294.2 339.6 13.31 3 900 987 19.8 15.3 75 4.5 16.8 219 36 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.2 12.27 4 850 1477 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.3 227 38 303.0 305.1 293.6 336.9 11.42 5 800 1991 13.0 10.4 84 2.7 11.4 231 39 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.8 9.93 6 750 2532 10.3 5.6 73 4.6 7.6 234 37 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.65 7 700 3103 6.5 2.7 77 3.8 4.4 237 36 309.7 310.9 291.7 330.2 6.65 8 650 3707 1.8 0.5 91 1.2 1.1 242 39 310.9 312.1 291.7 330.0 6.12 9 600 4347 -2.8 -6.5 76 3.7 -4.5 248 41 312.9 313.6 290.4 325.3 3.92 10 550 5033 -5.8 -16.1 44 10.3 -9.4 251 46 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.8 1.97 11 500 5774 -9.1 -28.1 20 19.0 -13.9 256 59 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.6 0.75 12 450 6579 -15.6 -34.7 18 19.1 -19.3 262 62 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.45 13 400 7455 -21.9 -40.0 18 18.1 -24.5 260 61 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.29 14 350 8426 -28.0 -47.5 14 19.5 -30.0 263 68 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.15 15 300 9511 -37.4 -51.1 23 13.7 -38.4 279 66 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.12 16 250 10744 -46.0 -54.6 37 8.6 -46.4 253 43 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.09 17 200 12197 -54.0 -65.5 23 11.5 -54.3 260 67 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14026 -59.9 -79.1 6 19.2 -60.2 274 44 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16490 -67.5 -83.3 9 15.9 -67.5 266 35 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.24 m Freezing level: 630.77 mb = 3952.97 m = 12968.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.30 mb = 3827.08 m = 12555.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.35 mb = 331.30 m = 1086.94 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.82 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1524.12 m = 5000.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.11 mb = 1100.93 m = 3611.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.11 mb = 2608.21 m = 8557.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.11 mb = 10926.42 m = 35847.40 ft B at Equ Level: 837.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.11 mb = 13895.53 m = 45588.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 306.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.61 Bulk Rich Number: 9.46 Bulk Shear: 88.96 m/s