MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 29.44,-98.53 Latitude: 29.44 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 982 244 23.9 17.6 68 6.2 19.6 132 9 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.5 13.03 2 950 534 23.0 17.1 69 5.9 19.0 143 22 300.6 302.9 294.0 338.7 13.01 3 900 1004 19.3 15.7 79 3.7 16.9 149 19 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.3 12.52 4 850 1494 15.8 13.0 84 2.8 14.0 138 8 302.7 304.7 293.3 335.7 11.16 5 800 2006 12.3 10.4 88 2.0 11.1 165 6 304.3 306.1 292.8 334.0 9.93 6 750 2550 14.2 2.1 44 12.1 7.3 210 6 312.0 313.1 291.8 330.5 5.93 7 700 3129 11.0 2.4 55 8.6 6.1 200 10 314.7 315.9 293.1 335.2 6.51 8 650 3744 7.2 -0.2 59 7.4 3.2 205 11 317.1 318.2 293.2 335.6 5.81 9 600 4397 2.1 -4.8 60 6.9 -1.3 225 8 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.1 4.48 10 550 5093 -3.4 -9.7 61 6.3 -6.1 264 8 320.1 320.7 292.0 331.0 3.33 11 500 5840 -8.1 -16.3 51 8.3 -11.0 282 9 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.5 2.13 12 450 6649 -13.9 -25.9 36 12.0 -17.0 239 10 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.03 13 400 7532 -20.6 -25.6 65 4.9 -21.8 253 12 328.2 328.4 292.4 332.4 1.19 14 350 8504 -28.3 -32.0 70 3.8 -28.9 269 17 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.75 15 300 9591 -35.9 -41.1 59 5.2 -36.5 289 29 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.35 16 250 10837 -43.0 -54.5 27 11.5 -43.6 292 44 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.09 17 200 12311 -52.1 -67.2 15 15.1 -52.4 283 46 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14126 -62.6 -76.9 13 14.3 -62.7 264 26 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16565 -72.6 -83.0 19 10.4 -72.6 240 9 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.07 m Freezing level: 580.57 mb = 4667.61 m = 15313.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.25 mb = 4205.75 m = 13798.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.39 mb = 1038.34 m = 3406.57 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.27 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1642.70 m = 5389.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 28.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 300.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.49 mb = 1339.00 m = 4392.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.49 mb = 5085.82 m = 16685.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.49 mb = 10050.84 m = 32974.79 ft B at Equ Level: 238.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.49 mb = 11667.06 m = 38277.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -29.1 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 26.32 m/s