MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 27.09,-97.05 Latitude: 27.09 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 27.0 24.6 87 2.3 25.3 174 18 299.2 302.8 298.0 356.7 19.66 1 1000 97 26.1 23.6 86 2.5 24.3 174 22 299.3 302.6 297.4 353.7 18.64 2 950 549 22.6 21.3 92 1.3 21.7 178 28 300.2 303.3 296.7 350.1 17.03 3 900 1019 20.5 17.9 85 2.5 18.7 182 30 302.6 305.3 295.6 345.5 14.51 4 850 1512 17.9 14.5 81 3.4 15.6 187 27 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.6 12.30 5 800 2031 17.3 -2.6 26 19.9 7.1 202 23 309.6 310.4 289.3 322.0 3.96 6 750 2578 15.0 -13.8 12 28.8 3.0 217 16 312.9 313.2 288.3 318.6 1.75 7 700 3158 11.5 -10.8 20 22.4 1.7 236 11 315.3 315.7 289.7 323.1 2.39 8 650 3772 8.1 -17.1 15 25.2 -1.6 251 13 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.3 1.53 9 600 4427 4.3 -25.9 9 30.2 -5.1 260 15 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.77 10 550 5128 -0.2 -32.5 7 32.3 -8.6 265 16 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.45 11 500 5883 -5.5 -35.9 7 30.4 -12.4 266 18 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.36 12 450 6699 -11.7 -29.9 21 18.1 -16.2 272 20 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.71 13 400 7588 -18.8 -29.1 40 10.3 -21.2 270 22 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.86 14 350 8566 -27.5 -28.7 89 1.3 -27.7 267 22 331.7 331.9 293.2 335.4 1.02 15 300 9658 -34.8 -45.3 34 10.5 -35.8 276 31 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 16 250 10903 -45.0 -51.5 48 6.6 -45.3 275 43 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.13 17 200 12358 -55.7 -59.0 66 3.3 -55.8 270 54 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.07 18 150 14139 -67.0 -72.9 43 5.9 -67.1 283 38 354.7 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.01 19 100 16543 -71.0 -83.1 15 12.1 -71.1 283 25 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.38 m Freezing level: 551.74 mb = 5103.90 m = 16744.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.27 mb = 3468.25 m = 11378.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.73 mb = 295.47 m = 969.38 ft T: 24.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 38.04 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 951.46 m = 3121.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.08 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 15.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1739.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.36 mb = 693.08 m = 2273.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.36 mb = 3907.23 m = 12818.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.36 mb = 13763.99 m = 45156.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1719.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.1 neg: -9.2 tot: 77.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 52.07 Bulk Shear: 33.41 m/s