MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 32.25,-94.64 Latitude: 32.25 Longitude: -94.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 995 116 28.9 20.7 61 8.2 23.0 206 9 302.5 305.4 296.4 348.7 15.63 2 950 523 25.1 18.2 66 6.9 20.2 212 18 302.6 305.2 295.3 343.8 13.94 3 900 995 20.7 16.9 79 3.8 18.1 219 19 302.9 305.4 295.1 343.1 13.58 4 850 1487 16.7 14.9 89 1.8 15.5 227 20 303.7 306.0 294.6 341.3 12.66 5 800 2002 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.4 238 20 306.2 308.0 293.1 335.2 9.62 6 750 2545 10.8 3.1 59 7.7 6.5 250 21 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.0 6.39 7 700 3116 6.7 -1.3 57 8.0 2.6 258 24 309.9 310.9 290.4 325.4 4.98 8 650 3720 2.5 -8.5 44 11.0 -2.3 263 26 311.8 312.4 289.3 321.7 3.10 9 600 4362 -1.2 -14.4 36 13.2 -6.1 268 31 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.6 2.09 10 550 5051 -5.0 -16.7 39 11.7 -9.1 273 37 318.1 318.5 290.1 324.4 1.88 11 500 5793 -9.7 -24.7 28 15.0 -13.8 275 42 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.8 1.03 12 450 6597 -15.3 -29.1 30 13.8 -18.5 272 48 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.77 13 400 7475 -22.2 -28.8 55 6.6 -23.6 272 56 326.1 326.2 291.5 329.2 0.88 14 350 8441 -29.2 -36.0 52 6.9 -30.2 271 65 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.3 0.50 15 300 9522 -38.5 -41.5 74 2.9 -38.8 268 66 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.34 16 250 10746 -48.5 -51.7 69 3.2 -48.6 268 74 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12193 -55.0 -65.6 26 10.6 -55.2 253 79 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14003 -59.3 -79.0 6 19.7 -59.5 295 56 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16470 -68.8 -83.1 11 14.3 -68.9 283 31 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.26 m Freezing level: 616.18 mb = 4154.09 m = 13628.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.29 mb = 3432.91 m = 11262.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.39 mb = 1155.35 m = 3790.47 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 27.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1502.67 m = 4929.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1878.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.03 mb = 1366.02 m = 4481.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.03 mb = 1928.08 m = 6325.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.03 mb = 12287.36 m = 40312.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1855.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.03 mb = 15512.96 m = 50894.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 36.27 Bulk Shear: 51.80 m/s