MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510140600F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510140600F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.6,-96.3 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 993 138 25.4 21.2 77 4.2 22.4 211 15 299.2 302.1 295.8 346.3 16.16 2 950 525 21.2 19.8 92 1.3 20.2 217 22 298.7 301.5 295.2 343.8 15.50 3 900 993 20.4 15.0 71 5.4 16.8 235 27 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.1 11.99 4 850 1485 17.7 11.7 68 6.1 13.8 245 26 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.2 10.19 5 800 2002 14.4 9.7 73 4.8 11.4 255 23 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.2 9.48 6 750 2545 11.0 6.4 73 4.6 8.2 254 24 308.5 310.0 292.6 333.1 8.07 7 700 3117 7.0 3.2 77 3.8 4.8 251 26 310.2 311.5 292.1 331.4 6.88 8 650 3722 2.4 -3.3 66 5.7 -0.4 243 28 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.2 4.62 9 600 4364 -1.6 -14.9 35 13.3 -6.5 232 35 314.3 314.6 289.0 320.8 2.00 10 550 5050 -6.0 -26.2 19 20.2 -11.4 234 40 317.0 317.1 288.7 319.8 0.82 11 500 5789 -11.2 -37.4 10 26.2 -16.1 244 40 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.5 0.31 12 450 6587 -17.5 -35.7 19 18.2 -20.7 248 38 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.40 13 400 7457 -24.4 -37.5 29 13.1 -26.3 239 47 323.3 323.3 290.2 324.7 0.38 14 350 8415 -31.4 -46.6 21 15.1 -32.8 239 62 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.17 15 300 9492 -37.0 -56.7 11 19.7 -38.1 247 66 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.06 16 250 10740 -41.6 -66.6 5 25.1 -42.5 255 61 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12228 -49.7 -73.4 5 23.7 -50.2 270 58 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14059 -61.0 -77.7 9 16.8 -61.1 269 47 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16509 -72.1 -83.4 17 11.3 -72.2 266 40 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.42 m Freezing level: 619.94 mb = 4107.83 m = 13476.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.74 mb = 3674.95 m = 12056.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.73 mb = 674.44 m = 2212.69 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 26.50 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1649.40 m = 5411.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.80 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1468.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.09 mb = 1001.88 m = 3286.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.09 mb = 2498.85 m = 8198.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.09 mb = 10364.77 m = 34004.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1467.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.09 mb = 14302.23 m = 46922.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 52.56 Bulk Shear: 27.94 m/s