MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 30.55,-96.07 Latitude: 30.55 Longitude: -96.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 995 95 25.2 22.4 85 2.8 23.2 188 17 298.7 301.9 296.5 349.4 17.39 2 950 504 22.7 21.3 92 1.3 21.7 194 36 300.2 303.3 296.7 350.2 17.05 3 900 978 24.8 14.2 52 10.6 17.7 221 35 307.1 309.2 294.6 341.4 11.36 4 850 1478 22.0 8.5 42 13.6 13.6 242 34 309.2 310.8 292.9 334.3 8.20 5 800 2000 17.7 7.9 53 9.8 11.6 260 34 310.0 311.6 293.3 335.7 8.38 6 750 2548 13.1 6.4 64 6.7 9.1 279 37 310.8 312.4 293.2 335.7 8.07 7 700 3124 8.1 1.6 63 6.5 4.5 288 37 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.5 6.13 8 650 3731 5.0 -8.8 36 13.7 -1.2 282 35 314.6 315.2 290.1 324.4 3.03 9 600 4382 3.4 -27.9 8 31.3 -5.8 284 39 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.64 10 550 5081 -1.2 -26.7 12 25.5 -8.7 279 43 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.78 11 500 5833 -6.6 -28.4 16 21.8 -12.4 276 47 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.6 0.74 12 450 6646 -12.4 -29.9 22 17.5 -16.6 276 50 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.3 0.71 13 400 7534 -18.9 -35.0 23 16.1 -22.0 274 51 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.2 0.49 14 350 8512 -27.0 -42.6 21 15.6 -28.9 272 47 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.26 15 300 9601 -37.0 -45.0 43 8.1 -37.7 282 49 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.23 16 250 10834 -46.2 -53.3 44 7.1 -46.6 278 60 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.11 17 200 12284 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 275 55 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14067 -63.8 -76.4 16 12.6 -63.9 282 56 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16506 -70.7 -82.9 15 12.2 -70.8 260 30 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.25 m Freezing level: 563.01 mb = 4899.27 m = 16073.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.19 mb = 3603.38 m = 11821.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.63 % Est. max temperature: 35.74 C = 96.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.03 mb = 448.35 m = 1470.96 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.75 mb = 2109.72 m = 6921.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.61 C = 97.90 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: 2.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 15.09 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1536.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.08 mb = 1104.59 m = 3623.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.08 mb = 2749.81 m = 9021.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.08 mb = 12865.45 m = 42208.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1521.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.08 mb = 15819.58 m = 51900.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 481.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 481.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.17 Bulk Shear: 214.40 m/s