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,-94.45 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 104 23.3 20.2 83 3.0 21.1 175 11 296.9 299.6 294.5 340.7 15.18 2 950 505 23.7 17.4 68 6.3 19.4 195 33 301.2 303.7 294.4 340.3 13.27 3 900 976 20.6 15.2 71 5.4 17.0 210 38 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.8 12.15 4 850 1468 17.4 12.6 73 4.8 14.3 222 41 304.4 306.4 293.5 336.7 10.82 5 800 1984 14.3 9.5 73 4.8 11.3 239 37 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.6 9.34 6 750 2527 10.7 6.1 73 4.6 8.0 254 37 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.3 7.89 7 700 3098 6.1 3.2 81 2.9 4.5 253 40 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.5 6.90 8 650 3701 1.4 0.2 91 1.2 0.8 245 42 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.1 5.98 9 600 4340 -3.2 -10.4 58 7.2 -6.1 242 42 312.4 313.0 289.3 321.7 2.89 10 550 5025 -5.6 -21.7 27 16.2 -10.5 249 54 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.6 1.22 11 500 5769 -8.3 -33.7 11 25.4 -13.9 257 65 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.44 12 450 6575 -15.5 -35.7 16 20.2 -19.3 265 65 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.40 13 400 7451 -22.2 -40.1 18 17.9 -24.8 262 70 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.29 14 350 8421 -28.4 -45.6 18 17.2 -30.3 265 72 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.18 15 300 9505 -37.3 -46.3 39 9.0 -38.0 275 71 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.20 16 250 10739 -46.2 -58.9 22 12.7 -46.7 254 46 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 17 200 12188 -54.7 -65.6 25 10.9 -54.9 259 72 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14020 -58.4 -79.5 5 21.0 -58.7 272 38 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16489 -67.5 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.7 257 35 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.65 m Freezing level: 634.52 mb = 3898.97 m = 12791.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.30 mb = 3771.37 m = 12373.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.46 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.30 mb = 493.38 m = 1618.69 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1866.76 m = 6124.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 952.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.99 mb = 1238.79 m = 4064.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.99 mb = 2660.55 m = 8728.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.99 mb = 11058.88 m = 36281.99 ft B at Equ Level: 950.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.99 mb = 14102.27 m = 46266.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 441.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 441.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.50 Bulk Rich Number: 6.47 Bulk Shear: 147.14 m/s