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: 33.03,-94.61 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 993 110 23.4 20.1 82 3.3 21.1 181 11 297.1 299.8 294.4 340.5 15.03 2 950 501 23.9 17.3 67 6.5 19.4 196 34 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.3 13.22 3 900 973 20.8 15.2 71 5.5 17.1 210 39 302.9 305.1 294.1 339.0 12.19 4 850 1465 17.6 12.4 72 5.2 14.3 223 41 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.7 10.74 5 800 1981 14.4 9.4 72 5.0 11.3 242 37 306.6 308.3 293.0 334.7 9.31 6 750 2524 10.5 6.5 76 4.0 8.2 256 38 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.8 8.14 7 700 3095 5.8 3.4 85 2.4 4.5 254 40 308.9 310.2 291.8 330.4 7.00 8 650 3697 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 245 41 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.4 6.17 9 600 4336 -3.4 -9.3 64 5.9 -5.8 240 43 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.2 3.15 10 550 5020 -5.7 -20.5 30 14.8 -10.4 247 56 317.3 317.6 289.3 321.9 1.35 11 500 5764 -8.6 -29.6 17 20.9 -13.7 257 68 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.66 12 450 6569 -15.6 -32.5 22 17.0 -19.0 264 66 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.55 13 400 7445 -22.2 -36.8 25 14.5 -24.6 263 73 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.41 14 350 8414 -28.7 -41.8 27 13.1 -30.3 265 74 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.28 15 300 9497 -37.1 -44.9 44 7.9 -37.7 274 73 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 16 250 10734 -46.0 -57.8 25 11.9 -46.4 253 46 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.06 17 200 12182 -55.2 -63.2 37 8.0 -55.4 257 71 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14015 -58.1 -79.5 5 21.4 -58.3 273 39 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16486 -67.3 -83.3 9 16.0 -67.4 255 35 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.09 m Freezing level: 637.09 mb = 3861.82 m = 12669.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3779.13 m = 12398.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.68 mb = 531.92 m = 1745.13 ft T: 23.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.47 mb = 1923.30 m = 6309.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.69 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 990.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.30 mb = 1271.70 m = 4172.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.30 mb = 2587.02 m = 8487.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.30 mb = 11154.52 m = 36595.76 ft B at Equ Level: 984.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.30 mb = 13834.70 m = 45388.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 440.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.61 Bulk Rich Number: 6.76 Bulk Shear: 146.65 m/s