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: 30.60,-96.11 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 995 96 25.3 22.3 84 3.0 23.2 189 17 298.8 302.0 296.5 349.3 17.32 2 950 504 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.7 195 36 300.3 303.4 296.7 350.1 16.98 3 900 978 24.8 14.2 52 10.5 17.7 222 36 307.0 309.2 294.7 341.4 11.41 4 850 1477 22.0 8.6 42 13.3 13.6 243 34 309.2 310.7 292.9 334.5 8.29 5 800 2000 17.6 8.0 53 9.6 11.7 260 35 309.9 311.5 293.3 335.9 8.46 6 750 2548 13.1 6.4 64 6.6 9.0 278 37 310.7 312.3 293.2 335.6 8.07 7 700 3123 8.0 1.9 65 6.1 4.6 287 37 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.8 6.28 8 650 3730 4.7 -7.5 41 12.2 -0.9 282 35 314.3 314.9 290.3 325.0 3.34 9 600 4381 3.3 -27.6 8 31.0 -5.8 284 40 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.66 10 550 5080 -1.3 -26.9 12 25.6 -8.7 279 44 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.3 0.77 11 500 5831 -6.6 -28.1 16 21.5 -12.3 277 48 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.7 0.75 12 450 6644 -12.4 -29.9 22 17.5 -16.6 276 51 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.3 0.71 13 400 7533 -19.0 -35.0 23 16.1 -22.0 274 52 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.49 14 350 8511 -27.0 -42.4 22 15.5 -28.9 273 48 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.26 15 300 9599 -36.9 -45.1 43 8.1 -37.7 282 50 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.23 16 250 10833 -46.1 -53.5 43 7.4 -46.4 279 61 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.11 17 200 12284 -56.4 -63.6 40 7.2 -56.5 274 55 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14067 -63.8 -76.5 16 12.7 -63.9 281 55 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16504 -70.7 -82.9 15 12.2 -70.8 264 30 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.97 m Freezing level: 563.73 mb = 4887.74 m = 16035.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.88 mb = 3631.05 m = 11912.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.67 C = 96.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.65 mb = 469.96 m = 1541.86 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.14 mb = 2105.08 m = 6906.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.73 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1523.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.46 mb = 1120.32 m = 3675.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.46 mb = 2767.70 m = 9080.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.46 mb = 12920.88 m = 42390.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1501.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.46 mb = 15905.88 m = 52184.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 479.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 479.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.21 Bulk Shear: 211.31 m/s