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: 33.20,-94.51 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -94.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 993 108 23.5 20.0 81 3.5 21.1 181 12 297.2 300.0 294.4 340.6 14.98 2 950 499 23.4 17.5 69 5.9 19.4 194 34 301.0 303.4 294.4 340.2 13.37 3 900 970 20.6 15.3 72 5.3 17.1 209 40 302.8 305.0 294.1 339.1 12.27 4 850 1462 17.7 12.5 72 5.2 14.3 222 43 304.7 306.7 293.6 336.9 10.78 5 800 1978 14.6 9.5 71 5.1 11.4 243 37 306.7 308.5 293.0 335.0 9.35 6 750 2521 10.5 6.9 78 3.6 8.3 256 39 308.0 309.5 292.6 333.3 8.34 7 700 3092 5.6 3.5 86 2.1 4.4 253 40 308.7 310.0 291.8 330.4 7.06 8 650 3694 0.8 0.3 96 0.5 0.5 243 41 309.9 311.0 291.3 328.5 6.02 9 600 4332 -3.5 -9.5 63 6.1 -6.0 238 44 312.1 312.7 289.3 322.0 3.09 10 550 5017 -5.8 -20.6 30 14.8 -10.4 247 57 317.2 317.4 289.3 321.7 1.34 11 500 5759 -9.1 -26.5 23 17.5 -13.7 255 68 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.87 12 450 6564 -15.7 -30.3 27 14.7 -18.8 260 66 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.68 13 400 7440 -22.1 -34.3 32 12.2 -24.2 261 72 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.52 14 350 8409 -28.7 -39.3 35 10.6 -30.0 264 75 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.36 15 300 9493 -37.1 -44.3 47 7.2 -37.7 273 73 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.25 16 250 10729 -45.9 -57.8 25 11.9 -46.4 251 47 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 17 200 12177 -55.5 -61.9 45 6.4 -55.6 257 69 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.05 18 150 14010 -58.4 -79.3 5 20.9 -58.6 270 41 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16485 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -66.9 259 33 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.86 m Freezing level: 640.44 mb = 3815.63 m = 12518.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.79 mb = 3745.32 m = 12287.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.51 mb = 558.41 m = 1832.04 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1932.78 m = 6341.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.80 C = 91.05 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1016.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.28 mb = 1229.21 m = 4032.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.28 mb = 2651.39 m = 8698.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.28 mb = 11040.52 m = 36221.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.28 mb = 14079.87 m = 46193.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 456.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.2 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: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 6.58 Bulk Shear: 154.49 m/s