MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-98.47 Latitude: 29.39 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 124 SFC 989 224 30.9 16.7 43 14.2 21.1 13 1 305.0 307.3 294.7 341.4 12.16 2 950 579 26.8 15.8 51 11.0 19.4 66 1 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.2 12.00 3 900 1054 22.7 14.3 59 8.4 17.1 160 3 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.1 11.43 4 850 1549 18.6 12.5 68 6.1 14.6 165 8 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.9 10.75 5 800 2066 13.9 11.2 84 2.7 12.1 168 11 306.0 307.9 293.7 337.5 10.48 6 750 2607 9.7 9.0 96 0.7 9.2 171 11 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.2 9.64 7 700 3179 8.3 1.2 61 7.1 4.4 218 8 311.6 312.8 291.8 330.3 5.97 8 650 3788 4.6 -0.4 70 5.0 1.9 263 12 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.2 5.72 9 600 4434 -1.1 -2.6 90 1.5 -1.9 285 17 314.8 315.8 292.1 331.5 5.27 10 550 5125 -3.3 -16.9 34 13.6 -8.2 303 27 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.4 1.84 11 500 5873 -7.1 -23.0 27 15.8 -11.9 291 32 324.3 324.6 291.3 328.6 1.21 12 450 6685 -13.3 -25.0 37 11.7 -16.4 282 34 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.5 1.11 13 400 7570 -19.4 -29.4 41 10.1 -21.6 276 37 329.8 330.0 292.5 332.8 0.83 14 350 8550 -26.2 -34.2 47 8.0 -27.6 279 39 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.7 0.60 15 300 9645 -34.9 -42.9 44 8.0 -35.7 286 35 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.3 0.29 16 250 10888 -45.1 -50.5 55 5.3 -45.4 275 42 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.15 17 200 12336 -57.6 -60.1 73 2.5 -57.7 283 45 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 14098 -68.2 -72.1 57 3.9 -68.2 277 49 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.02 19 100 16508 -71.4 -83.0 16 11.7 -71.4 286 31 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.36 m Freezing level: 610.02 mb = 4304.99 m = 14123.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4108.34 m = 13478.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.92 mb = 2013.52 m = 6605.96 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.06 mb = 2223.84 m = 7295.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.06 mb = 2033.23 m = 6670.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.06 mb = 2407.40 m = 7898.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.06 mb = 2967.86 m = 9736.97 ft B at Equ Level: 7.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.06 mb = 13777.54 m = 45201.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 9.69 Bulk Shear: 30.17 m/s