MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 978 260 30.3 15.5 41 14.8 20.2 262 4 305.5 307.6 294.2 339.6 11.40 2 950 515 30.4 14.8 39 15.6 19.8 265 9 308.0 310.1 294.8 341.9 11.19 3 900 996 26.1 13.9 47 12.2 17.9 259 11 308.4 310.5 294.8 342.2 11.15 4 850 1495 21.3 13.1 59 8.2 15.8 256 13 308.5 310.6 294.9 342.4 11.19 5 800 2017 16.3 12.2 76 4.1 13.6 255 14 308.5 310.6 294.9 342.6 11.21 6 750 2563 11.4 10.7 95 0.8 10.9 259 17 309.0 311.0 294.8 341.9 10.81 7 700 3137 8.7 5.0 78 3.6 6.5 267 29 312.1 313.6 293.4 336.4 7.86 8 650 3747 4.7 -4.2 52 8.9 0.4 271 36 314.3 315.1 291.2 328.1 4.32 9 600 4395 2.2 -20.2 17 22.4 -5.5 297 35 318.6 318.9 289.6 323.0 1.28 10 550 5093 -1.4 -28.3 11 26.8 -8.9 306 36 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.8 0.68 11 500 5844 -6.9 -37.3 7 30.4 -13.3 299 39 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.31 12 450 6656 -12.8 -41.0 7 28.2 -17.7 286 37 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.24 13 400 7545 -17.2 -46.6 6 29.4 -21.4 279 52 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 14 350 8531 -25.1 -46.5 12 21.4 -27.6 271 60 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.17 15 300 9629 -34.3 -52.7 14 18.4 -35.7 272 62 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 16 250 10883 -41.7 -62.1 9 20.3 -42.6 276 58 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 17 200 12360 -52.5 -68.0 14 15.5 -52.8 274 47 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14156 -66.4 -74.3 32 7.9 -66.5 264 41 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16549 -76.0 -82.4 35 6.4 -76.0 263 19 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.20 m Freezing level: 569.99 mb = 4814.09 m = 15794.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.86 mb = 3786.23 m = 12421.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.12 mb = 2143.54 m = 7032.52 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.58 mb = 2645.55 m = 8679.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.73 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.44 mb = 2456.97 m = 8060.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.44 mb = 3443.42 m = 11297.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 604.44 mb = 4335.69 m = 14224.53 ft B at Equ Level: 15.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.44 mb = 11898.93 m = 39038.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.92 Bulk Shear: 47.63 m/s