MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 29.31,-101.74 Latitude: 29.31 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 499 SFC 920 785 29.5 14.1 39 15.4 19.1 134 12 310.0 312.1 295.2 343.7 11.05 3 900 975 26.1 13.7 47 12.3 17.8 144 13 308.4 310.4 294.7 341.8 11.03 4 850 1474 21.5 12.5 57 9.0 15.5 159 12 308.6 310.6 294.6 341.3 10.77 5 800 1996 16.5 11.4 72 5.1 13.2 177 11 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.2 10.66 6 750 2542 12.7 8.3 75 4.4 10.0 219 7 310.3 312.1 294.0 338.5 9.21 7 700 3119 10.4 0.6 50 9.8 5.1 266 7 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.0 5.71 8 650 3733 7.2 -4.4 44 11.5 1.4 240 6 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.8 4.25 9 600 4386 2.9 -6.4 50 9.3 -1.6 252 4 319.4 320.2 292.3 332.3 3.94 10 550 5084 -2.3 -10.2 55 7.9 -5.7 277 7 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.9 3.20 11 500 5832 -8.5 -12.7 71 4.3 -10.1 288 7 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.3 2.88 12 450 6641 -14.2 -15.7 89 1.5 -14.7 283 6 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.8 2.50 13 400 7524 -20.4 -22.3 85 1.9 -20.9 303 10 328.5 328.8 292.8 334.1 1.60 14 350 8498 -27.7 -31.9 67 4.3 -28.4 307 10 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.75 15 300 9588 -35.3 -45.0 37 9.7 -36.2 307 18 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.5 0.23 16 250 10834 -44.2 -47.8 67 3.6 -44.4 306 23 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.20 17 200 12296 -53.7 -62.0 36 8.3 -53.9 300 31 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14106 -62.1 -76.6 13 14.4 -62.3 286 16 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16549 -73.0 -83.2 20 10.2 -73.0 223 10 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.14 m Freezing level: 572.43 mb = 4771.09 m = 15652.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4031.26 m = 13225.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.79 mb = 2713.50 m = 8902.44 ft T: 12.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.81 mb = 3325.00 m = 10908.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.46 C = 94.02 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 567.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.64 mb = 2591.01 m = 8500.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.64 mb = 4930.59 m = 16176.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.64 mb = 11084.02 m = 36364.45 ft B at Equ Level: 559.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.64 mb = 13675.10 m = 44865.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 21.06 Bulk Shear: 26.93 m/s