MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 28.57,-97.68 Latitude: 28.57 Longitude: -97.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 73 25.5 20.2 73 5.3 21.8 155 10 298.5 301.3 294.9 342.4 15.06 1 1000 87 25.8 20.2 71 5.5 21.9 155 12 298.9 301.7 295.0 342.9 15.10 2 950 539 25.1 17.5 63 7.6 19.8 171 20 302.7 305.1 294.8 342.1 13.34 3 900 1014 24.3 13.5 51 10.8 17.1 221 10 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.3 10.87 4 850 1512 20.7 12.2 58 8.5 15.1 278 13 307.9 309.8 294.3 339.9 10.57 5 800 2033 16.3 11.9 75 4.4 13.4 294 20 308.5 310.6 294.8 342.0 11.04 6 750 2579 13.0 7.9 71 5.1 9.8 298 25 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.1 8.93 7 700 3156 9.8 -5.9 33 15.6 2.3 305 26 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.6 3.53 8 650 3769 8.5 -25.1 7 33.7 -2.4 329 17 318.6 318.7 289.1 321.3 0.76 9 600 4425 4.3 -28.8 7 33.1 -5.4 340 22 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.59 10 550 5125 -0.5 -38.9 4 38.4 -9.1 337 25 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.24 11 500 5879 -6.2 -42.9 4 36.7 -13.1 329 24 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.17 12 450 6693 -11.9 -49.6 3 37.7 -17.4 318 27 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.09 13 400 7582 -18.2 -50.7 4 32.5 -22.2 295 35 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 14 350 8566 -25.2 -45.9 13 20.7 -27.7 288 48 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.18 15 300 9664 -34.5 -52.4 15 17.9 -35.8 288 50 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 16 250 10915 -42.8 -61.4 11 18.7 -43.5 278 51 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12386 -53.3 -66.8 18 13.4 -53.6 277 45 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14181 -65.9 -74.6 29 8.7 -66.0 270 35 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16576 -75.4 -82.2 34 6.8 -75.4 260 13 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.57 m Freezing level: 555.28 mb = 5051.46 m = 16572.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.72 mb = 3448.23 m = 11312.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.88 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.14 mb = 752.68 m = 2469.39 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.26 mb = 2419.91 m = 7939.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.01 C = 98.61 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 23.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 432.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.14 mb = 1530.70 m = 5021.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 493.14 mb = 5985.33 m = 19636.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.14 mb = 10563.25 m = 34655.90 ft B at Equ Level: 190.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.14 mb = 12283.28 m = 40298.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.2 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 341.2 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 158.90 m/s