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: 33.40,-94.03 Latitude: 33.40 Longitude: -94.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 995 93 22.9 20.0 84 2.9 20.9 182 13 296.4 299.2 294.2 339.6 14.96 2 950 502 23.0 17.5 71 5.4 19.2 200 35 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.8 13.39 3 900 972 19.9 15.4 75 4.6 16.8 213 41 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.3 12.28 4 850 1463 17.1 12.8 76 4.3 14.3 221 42 304.0 306.1 293.5 336.7 10.96 5 800 1979 14.3 9.0 70 5.3 11.0 233 41 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.8 9.06 6 750 2521 10.4 6.2 76 4.1 7.9 240 40 307.8 309.3 292.3 332.1 7.98 7 700 3092 5.7 4.1 89 1.6 4.8 240 40 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.4 7.36 8 650 3694 1.8 1.6 98 0.2 1.7 238 42 311.0 312.2 292.1 331.4 6.60 9 600 4335 -3.2 -4.0 95 0.7 -3.6 237 43 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.3 4.75 10 550 5018 -6.9 -18.5 39 11.6 -10.6 240 48 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.3 1.62 11 500 5757 -9.5 -32.2 14 22.7 -14.6 249 65 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.3 0.51 12 450 6562 -15.6 -39.8 11 24.2 -19.6 258 65 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.27 13 400 7439 -21.9 -43.5 12 21.6 -24.8 257 71 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.20 14 350 8409 -28.5 -44.2 21 15.7 -30.2 261 74 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 15 300 9492 -37.2 -45.2 43 8.0 -37.9 273 71 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.22 16 250 10728 -45.7 -59.5 20 13.8 -46.2 244 43 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12178 -55.4 -65.4 28 10.0 -55.5 254 66 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14008 -59.2 -79.1 6 19.9 -59.4 270 44 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16485 -66.7 -83.4 8 16.7 -66.8 264 34 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.89 m Freezing level: 632.24 mb = 3922.05 m = 12867.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.26 mb = 3890.78 m = 12764.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.23 mb = 463.30 m = 1520.00 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 8.41 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1828.82 m = 5999.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 37.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 911.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.84 mb = 1137.63 m = 3732.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.84 mb = 2656.46 m = 8715.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.84 mb = 10784.64 m = 35382.25 ft B at Equ Level: 911.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.84 mb = 14096.38 m = 46247.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 389.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 8.51 Bulk Shear: 107.13 m/s