MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 21 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 101 SFC 982 259 30.7 13.3 34 17.4 19.2 181 7 305.4 307.2 293.0 334.8 9.78 2 950 558 30.8 12.4 32 18.4 18.7 190 16 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.4 9.54 3 900 1038 26.2 11.4 40 14.8 16.6 200 16 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.3 9.44 4 850 1538 21.5 10.3 49 11.1 14.4 211 15 308.6 310.4 293.6 337.0 9.32 5 800 2059 16.5 9.2 62 7.2 11.9 221 15 308.7 310.4 293.5 336.7 9.20 6 750 2605 12.6 3.1 52 9.5 7.3 252 15 310.3 311.5 291.7 330.1 6.41 7 700 3184 12.9 -25.8 5 38.8 0.1 278 19 316.8 316.9 288.5 319.1 0.66 8 650 3801 9.5 -30.9 4 40.4 -2.4 263 24 319.8 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.45 9 600 4458 4.9 -37.5 3 42.4 -5.7 262 27 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.7 0.25 10 550 5160 -0.4 -41.5 3 41.2 -9.2 273 27 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.18 11 500 5914 -5.4 -44.0 3 38.6 -12.6 292 21 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.15 12 450 6731 -11.0 -47.4 3 36.4 -16.8 294 19 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 13 400 7623 -17.8 -51.7 3 34.0 -22.0 295 21 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 14 350 8605 -26.2 -48.5 10 22.2 -28.6 293 27 333.4 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.13 15 300 9701 -34.1 -56.6 8 22.5 -35.5 290 33 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.06 16 250 10951 -44.0 -60.0 15 16.0 -44.6 293 32 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.05 17 200 12409 -55.5 -62.9 39 7.5 -55.6 304 32 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14192 -66.1 -75.8 24 9.8 -66.1 294 36 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16575 -75.9 -82.3 36 6.4 -75.9 293 21 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.92 m Freezing level: 553.43 mb = 5111.82 m = 16770.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.44 mb = 3202.41 m = 10506.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.94 C = 93.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.34 mb = 2466.69 m = 8092.70 ft T: 13.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.27 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.38 mb = 4331.15 m = 14209.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.59 C = 115.87 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.23 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 15.72 C K Index: -1.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 324.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3816.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.08 mb = 2819.08 m = 9248.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 48.65 m/s