MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 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 109 SFC 983 259 28.5 10.9 33 17.7 17.4 153 7 303.2 304.7 291.2 328.0 8.32 2 950 564 28.1 10.3 33 17.8 16.8 160 16 305.7 307.3 291.9 330.8 8.31 3 900 1039 23.6 9.6 41 14.1 14.8 168 14 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.0 8.34 4 850 1534 18.9 8.7 51 10.2 12.6 176 11 306.0 307.5 292.0 331.1 8.34 5 800 2051 14.3 7.3 63 6.9 10.1 197 8 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.8 8.06 6 750 2595 14.1 -4.4 27 18.5 4.9 312 3 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.6 3.68 7 700 3173 10.4 -2.7 40 13.1 3.7 352 8 314.0 314.8 291.2 328.2 4.49 8 650 3785 5.8 -6.5 41 12.4 0.0 338 9 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.2 3.60 9 600 4435 2.1 -10.3 39 12.4 -3.3 301 13 318.5 319.1 291.2 328.1 2.91 10 550 5133 -1.5 -12.7 42 11.1 -6.1 283 20 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.0 2.62 11 500 5885 -5.9 -25.6 19 19.7 -11.6 271 23 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.2 0.95 12 450 6702 -11.6 -31.9 17 20.3 -16.3 274 25 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.59 13 400 7591 -18.7 -37.0 18 18.3 -22.0 277 32 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.2 0.40 14 350 8570 -26.6 -44.6 17 18.0 -28.7 271 37 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.21 15 300 9663 -35.4 -51.9 17 16.5 -36.5 269 42 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.11 16 250 10905 -45.4 -56.7 27 11.3 -45.9 267 49 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.07 17 200 12355 -56.4 -61.3 54 4.9 -56.5 260 60 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 14128 -68.3 -70.1 77 1.9 -68.3 255 58 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16520 -74.4 -83.6 23 9.2 -74.4 267 36 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.80 m Freezing level: 571.46 mb = 4833.36 m = 15857.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3788.55 m = 12429.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.17 mb = 2492.63 m = 8177.83 ft T: 14.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 7.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.49 mb = 4045.24 m = 13271.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.08 C = 107.74 F Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lifted Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.91 C Showalter Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 14.59 C K Index: 20.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4868.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.02 mb = 2752.86 m = 9031.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.8 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 297.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.6 neg: -17.2 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 58.85 m/s