MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 28.95,-96.52 Latitude: 28.95 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 21 22.1 20.1 89 2.0 20.7 158 3 294.5 297.2 293.6 337.0 14.83 1 1000 90 23.4 19.9 81 3.5 21.0 165 5 296.6 299.2 294.1 339.3 14.81 2 950 539 21.4 18.7 85 2.6 19.5 171 13 298.9 301.5 294.6 340.9 14.45 3 900 1005 17.8 15.8 89 1.9 16.5 178 15 299.8 302.1 293.6 336.9 12.68 4 850 1494 16.2 9.5 64 6.7 12.0 186 15 303.1 304.7 291.5 329.2 8.78 5 800 2008 14.5 -1.1 34 15.6 6.5 188 14 306.7 307.5 288.8 320.3 4.42 6 750 2551 13.4 -17.4 10 30.9 1.7 197 11 311.2 311.4 287.2 315.5 1.30 7 700 3129 11.7 -12.9 17 24.6 1.3 227 9 315.4 315.8 289.4 322.1 2.02 8 650 3743 7.0 -7.4 35 14.4 0.3 242 9 316.9 317.5 291.1 327.8 3.37 9 600 4394 0.9 -9.0 47 9.9 -3.4 221 8 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.7 3.22 10 550 5088 -2.7 -21.5 22 18.8 -8.8 202 16 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.25 11 500 5835 -7.9 -26.0 22 18.1 -12.9 221 13 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.7 0.92 12 450 6646 -13.3 -34.2 15 21.0 -17.6 242 11 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.47 13 400 7532 -18.4 -34.5 23 16.0 -21.5 243 23 331.0 331.1 292.5 332.9 0.51 14 350 8517 -24.5 -42.3 18 17.8 -26.9 253 26 335.8 335.8 293.5 336.8 0.26 15 300 9618 -33.2 -53.2 12 20.0 -34.7 254 35 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.09 16 250 10875 -42.3 -61.5 11 19.2 -43.1 263 44 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 17 200 12348 -52.6 -69.8 11 17.2 -52.9 257 47 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14150 -65.3 -75.1 24 9.8 -65.4 256 40 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16545 -74.4 -83.0 26 8.5 -74.5 241 19 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.14 m Freezing level: 587.43 mb = 4568.28 m = 14987.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.56 mb = 3786.46 m = 12422.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.42 mb = 271.94 m = 892.20 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 25.47 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1079.97 m = 3543.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.12 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 17.34 C K Index: 8.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 263.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.82 mb = 817.35 m = 2681.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.82 mb = 4328.67 m = 14201.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.82 mb = 8011.41 m = 26283.85 ft B at Equ Level: 101.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.82 mb = 10477.86 m = 34375.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 17.13 Bulk Shear: 5.98 m/s