MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 24.48,-95.17 Latitude: 24.48 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 28.1 23.3 76 4.7 24.6 31 9 300.0 303.3 297.3 352.9 18.07 1 1000 127 26.7 22.1 76 4.6 23.4 31 9 299.9 303.0 296.5 349.7 17.01 2 950 578 22.4 21.1 92 1.4 21.5 28 9 300.0 303.0 296.4 349.1 16.79 3 900 1048 19.9 17.0 83 2.9 17.9 6 7 302.0 304.5 294.8 342.2 13.63 4 850 1540 17.6 12.8 73 4.8 14.4 14 7 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.4 10.97 5 800 2057 15.8 3.0 42 12.9 8.6 36 6 308.0 309.2 290.6 326.3 5.93 6 750 2602 13.8 -6.7 24 20.5 4.1 21 7 311.6 312.2 289.2 321.4 3.09 7 700 3179 10.2 -3.7 37 14.0 3.2 357 7 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.0 4.14 8 650 3791 6.3 -11.6 26 17.9 -1.3 346 5 316.1 316.6 290.0 324.0 2.42 9 600 4444 4.7 -35.7 3 40.4 -5.6 37 14 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.30 10 550 5147 0.4 -40.1 3 40.5 -8.7 38 26 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.3 0.21 11 500 5902 -5.6 -44.6 3 39.0 -12.8 40 22 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.14 12 450 6717 -11.4 -48.6 3 37.3 -17.0 16 9 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.10 13 400 7611 -16.9 -38.3 14 21.4 -20.8 318 20 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.35 14 350 8598 -24.8 -48.1 10 23.2 -27.5 311 25 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.14 15 300 9698 -33.1 -55.8 8 22.7 -34.7 289 26 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.07 16 250 10954 -42.1 -62.6 9 20.5 -42.9 294 36 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 17 200 12424 -54.2 -65.0 25 10.8 -54.4 292 39 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14211 -67.1 -73.3 41 6.2 -67.1 272 24 354.5 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 19 100 16581 -77.9 -83.1 43 5.1 -77.9 286 11 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.31 m Freezing level: 546.77 mb = 5196.06 m = 17047.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3612.05 m = 11850.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.46 mb = 601.34 m = 1972.87 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 31.48 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1017.62 m = 3338.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 22.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 842.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.35 mb = 806.43 m = 2645.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.35 mb = 3294.01 m = 10806.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 610.35 mb = 4304.36 m = 14121.76 ft B at Equ Level: 23.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.35 mb = 16005.23 m = 52509.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.5 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 58.5 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -6.6 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1293.36 Bulk Shear: 0.65 m/s