MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.03,-96.11 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 991 162 24.2 20.8 81 3.4 21.8 203 16 298.1 301.0 295.3 344.0 15.80 2 950 529 20.4 19.4 94 1.1 19.7 210 26 297.9 300.7 294.7 341.6 15.05 3 900 998 21.3 14.7 66 6.6 16.9 228 34 303.5 305.6 294.0 338.5 11.79 4 850 1492 19.2 10.7 58 8.5 13.8 233 29 306.2 308.0 293.0 335.0 9.54 5 800 2010 15.4 5.0 50 10.3 9.3 233 27 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.5 6.86 6 750 2553 10.7 2.0 55 8.7 5.9 229 24 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.4 5.90 7 700 3123 6.4 -4.0 48 10.3 1.4 240 22 309.5 310.3 289.5 322.3 4.07 8 650 3726 2.0 -9.2 43 11.2 -2.7 257 26 311.2 311.8 288.9 320.6 2.93 9 600 4367 -2.0 -17.0 31 14.9 -7.2 253 30 313.8 314.1 288.5 319.3 1.68 10 550 5053 -5.6 -21.4 27 15.8 -10.4 254 36 317.5 317.7 289.3 321.8 1.26 11 500 5794 -10.5 -20.6 43 10.2 -13.5 262 43 320.3 320.6 290.4 325.3 1.48 12 450 6596 -15.9 -27.0 38 11.1 -18.6 270 52 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.5 0.93 13 400 7472 -22.3 -32.9 38 10.6 -24.2 270 58 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.60 14 350 8438 -29.8 -36.6 51 6.9 -30.7 269 59 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.47 15 300 9518 -38.3 -44.5 52 6.2 -38.8 271 65 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.24 16 250 10741 -49.4 -49.9 94 0.5 -49.4 276 71 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 17 200 12170 -58.1 -63.4 50 5.3 -58.2 271 62 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 13986 -59.2 -79.6 5 20.4 -59.4 290 68 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16467 -67.4 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.5 286 36 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.82 m Freezing level: 625.23 mb = 4043.54 m = 13266.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3319.44 m = 10890.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.45 mb = 588.84 m = 1931.87 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.71 mb = 1970.64 m = 6465.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.44 mb = 1051.42 m = 3449.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.44 mb = 2670.15 m = 8760.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.44 mb = 12188.02 m = 39986.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1474.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.44 mb = 14888.30 m = 48845.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.6 neg: -34.6 tot: 113.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 36.60 Bulk Shear: 40.52 m/s