MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 27.65,-96.19 Latitude: 27.65 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 0 26.3 23.0 82 3.3 23.9 185 25 298.9 302.2 296.8 350.9 17.81 1 1000 51 25.7 21.7 79 4.0 22.8 186 29 298.8 301.8 296.0 346.9 16.52 2 950 501 21.4 19.5 89 1.9 20.1 186 35 298.9 301.7 295.1 343.2 15.19 3 900 968 18.4 15.5 83 2.9 16.4 187 37 300.5 302.7 293.5 336.8 12.37 4 850 1458 17.0 9.3 60 7.8 12.3 201 29 304.0 305.6 291.7 329.9 8.67 5 800 1975 17.3 -5.2 21 22.4 6.3 231 20 309.5 310.2 288.7 319.8 3.25 6 750 2522 13.7 -0.9 36 14.6 6.0 278 18 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.5 4.79 7 700 3098 8.5 -1.1 51 9.5 3.5 286 23 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.7 5.05 8 650 3705 3.0 -4.7 57 7.8 -0.7 283 23 312.4 313.2 290.4 325.5 4.14 9 600 4347 -2.1 -9.5 57 7.4 -5.2 272 24 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.7 3.10 10 550 5033 -6.5 -18.8 37 12.4 -10.5 252 27 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.7 1.57 11 500 5772 -10.0 -32.3 14 22.3 -15.0 242 34 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.6 0.51 12 450 6576 -14.8 -46.1 5 31.3 -19.3 245 31 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.14 13 400 7457 -20.7 -41.6 14 20.9 -23.8 249 35 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.25 14 350 8430 -28.0 -35.0 51 7.1 -29.0 245 46 331.0 331.2 292.6 333.1 0.56 15 300 9518 -36.3 -42.3 54 6.0 -36.9 246 64 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.31 16 250 10755 -45.7 -56.3 29 10.6 -46.2 246 55 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.07 17 200 12208 -55.1 -66.7 22 11.6 -55.4 251 47 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14009 -63.0 -77.4 12 14.5 -63.1 247 45 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16455 -70.1 -83.0 13 12.9 -70.1 254 29 392.4 392.4 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.64 m Freezing level: 620.35 mb = 4085.71 m = 13404.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.21 mb = 3601.96 m = 11817.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.06 mb = 417.82 m = 1370.80 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 31.04 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 944.08 m = 3097.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 26.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1245.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.69 mb = 790.74 m = 2594.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.69 mb = 3172.24 m = 10407.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.69 mb = 11776.78 m = 38637.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1239.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.69 mb = 15172.57 m = 49778.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -158.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.0 neg: -11.8 tot: 91.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 13.66 Bulk Shear: 91.16 m/s