MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 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 129 SFC 986 258 27.0 18.2 59 8.8 20.9 117 7 301.4 303.9 294.6 341.2 13.50 2 950 581 25.1 17.2 61 8.0 19.6 127 14 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.5 13.10 3 900 1054 21.6 15.3 67 6.3 17.4 110 10 303.8 306.1 294.4 340.2 12.25 4 850 1547 17.6 13.8 78 3.8 15.0 105 7 304.6 306.7 294.2 339.5 11.71 5 800 2063 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 153 5 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.8 10.92 6 750 2606 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 213 8 307.5 309.4 293.8 337.9 10.02 7 700 3177 7.5 3.1 74 4.3 5.0 261 14 310.8 312.1 292.3 332.0 6.87 8 650 3786 4.5 -0.6 69 5.1 1.8 287 20 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.9 5.65 9 600 4432 -0.7 -5.2 72 4.5 -2.8 303 25 315.3 316.2 291.5 329.2 4.34 10 550 5126 -2.3 -20.4 23 18.1 -8.3 304 30 321.4 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.37 11 500 5876 -6.7 -26.1 20 19.4 -12.2 298 34 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.91 12 450 6689 -12.7 -28.3 26 15.6 -16.6 284 34 327.3 327.4 291.8 330.2 0.83 13 400 7576 -19.0 -30.0 37 10.9 -21.4 282 35 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.79 14 350 8556 -25.7 -38.3 30 12.5 -27.6 279 33 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.40 15 300 9653 -34.7 -44.8 35 10.1 -35.7 280 33 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.24 16 250 10898 -45.1 -54.9 32 9.8 -45.5 283 34 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.4 0.09 17 200 12347 -57.5 -63.1 49 5.6 -57.6 278 40 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 14106 -68.8 -72.0 63 3.2 -68.8 286 49 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.02 19 100 16514 -71.4 -83.0 16 11.6 -71.4 293 30 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.69 m Freezing level: 606.45 mb = 4348.93 m = 14267.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.17 mb = 4036.27 m = 13242.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.22 mb = 1374.36 m = 4509.00 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 2009.56 m = 6592.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.75 mb = 1660.87 m = 5448.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.75 mb = 2453.05 m = 8047.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.75 mb = 11618.68 m = 38118.57 ft B at Equ Level: 339.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.75 mb = 14359.13 m = 47109.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 320.2 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.2 neg: -17.9 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.01 Bulk Shear: 113.05 m/s