MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 22 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 131 SFC 986 258 30.1 12.9 35 17.2 18.8 25 8 304.5 306.3 292.5 333.0 9.50 2 950 587 28.3 12.0 36 16.3 17.7 20 14 305.9 307.7 292.8 334.0 9.30 3 900 1063 24.2 12.1 47 12.0 16.3 12 6 306.4 308.2 293.4 336.3 9.92 4 850 1560 19.9 11.6 59 8.2 14.6 125 1 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.7 10.17 5 800 2079 15.3 10.7 74 4.6 12.3 162 6 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.1 10.15 6 750 2622 10.5 8.9 90 1.6 9.5 166 9 308.0 309.8 293.6 337.1 9.59 7 700 3194 7.1 -0.4 59 7.5 3.2 194 6 310.3 311.3 290.8 326.9 5.31 8 650 3801 6.4 -30.8 5 37.2 -4.0 281 9 316.2 316.3 288.0 317.8 0.45 9 600 4454 4.1 -38.3 3 42.4 -6.1 282 13 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.23 10 550 5155 -0.2 -41.8 3 41.7 -9.1 283 15 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.18 11 500 5910 -5.2 -45.4 3 40.1 -12.6 284 17 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.13 12 450 6727 -11.1 -47.1 3 35.9 -16.9 291 19 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.12 13 400 7619 -18.1 -36.9 18 18.8 -21.5 296 22 331.5 331.6 292.5 333.0 0.40 14 350 8603 -24.6 -44.8 14 20.3 -27.2 304 25 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.20 15 300 9704 -34.1 -44.0 36 9.9 -35.1 304 26 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.3 0.26 16 250 10952 -44.3 -51.0 47 6.7 -44.7 297 32 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.14 17 200 12408 -56.1 -59.3 67 3.2 -56.2 293 39 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14181 -68.4 -72.6 55 4.2 -68.5 289 39 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 19 100 16559 -75.7 -82.1 36 6.4 -75.7 275 24 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.00 m Freezing level: 551.86 mb = 5129.13 m = 16827.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.91 mb = 3456.72 m = 11340.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.90 mb = 2434.79 m = 7988.05 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.33 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.82 mb = 3008.83 m = 9871.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 16.85 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3878.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.79 mb = 2579.96 m = 8464.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -10.8 tot: 42.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 35.73 m/s