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: 33.10,-94.53 Latitude: 33.10 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 51 SFC 993 108 23.5 20.0 81 3.4 21.1 179 12 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.6 15.01 2 950 500 23.6 17.4 68 6.2 19.4 194 34 301.2 303.6 294.4 340.2 13.29 3 900 971 20.7 15.3 71 5.4 17.1 209 40 302.8 305.1 294.1 339.0 12.22 4 850 1464 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.3 222 42 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.7 10.71 5 800 1980 14.6 9.3 70 5.3 11.3 242 37 306.7 308.5 293.0 334.6 9.23 6 750 2523 10.6 6.5 76 4.1 8.2 256 38 308.1 309.6 292.5 332.8 8.12 7 700 3094 5.8 3.3 84 2.4 4.4 254 40 308.9 310.2 291.8 330.3 6.97 8 650 3696 1.1 0.5 96 0.5 0.8 244 41 310.2 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.12 9 600 4334 -3.5 -9.6 63 6.1 -6.0 239 43 312.1 312.7 289.3 322.0 3.08 10 550 5019 -5.8 -21.0 29 15.2 -10.5 247 56 317.2 317.5 289.3 321.7 1.31 11 500 5762 -8.7 -28.9 18 20.2 -13.7 256 68 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.9 0.70 12 450 6567 -15.6 -32.2 23 16.6 -19.0 262 66 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.57 13 400 7444 -22.2 -36.3 27 14.1 -24.5 262 72 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.43 14 350 8412 -28.6 -41.3 29 12.7 -30.2 264 74 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.29 15 300 9496 -37.1 -44.7 45 7.6 -37.8 274 73 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 16 250 10732 -46.0 -58.2 24 12.2 -46.4 252 47 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.06 17 200 12180 -55.3 -63.1 37 7.8 -55.4 257 70 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14013 -58.2 -79.4 5 21.2 -58.5 271 39 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16486 -67.1 -83.3 8 16.2 -67.2 257 34 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.57 m Freezing level: 638.30 mb = 3845.17 m = 12615.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.20 mb = 3767.26 m = 12359.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.98 mb = 546.31 m = 1792.35 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 1948.86 m = 6393.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 993.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.60 mb = 1247.40 m = 4092.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.60 mb = 2671.93 m = 8766.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.60 mb = 11089.34 m = 36381.89 ft B at Equ Level: 990.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.60 mb = 14152.47 m = 46431.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 449.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 449.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 6.51 Bulk Shear: 152.55 m/s