MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 27.97,-94.22 Latitude: 27.97 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 1 26.7 24.5 88 2.2 25.1 201 17 299.1 302.6 297.9 356.1 19.50 1 1000 82 25.9 23.4 86 2.5 24.1 201 20 299.1 302.4 297.3 352.8 18.40 2 950 533 22.3 20.2 88 2.2 20.8 205 26 299.9 302.8 295.8 346.3 15.86 3 900 1003 20.0 15.4 75 4.6 16.9 213 24 302.1 304.4 293.9 338.5 12.31 4 850 1495 18.8 8.5 51 10.2 12.5 231 22 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.7 8.24 5 800 2014 16.4 5.4 48 11.0 9.9 251 19 308.7 310.0 291.8 330.3 7.05 6 750 2560 14.1 -5.2 26 19.3 4.6 270 16 311.9 312.5 289.6 322.9 3.45 7 700 3138 10.1 -6.5 30 16.6 2.2 280 16 313.7 314.3 290.1 324.5 3.36 8 650 3748 5.8 -12.7 25 18.5 -1.8 282 18 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.9 2.22 9 600 4399 2.8 -22.0 14 24.8 -5.4 281 19 319.4 319.6 289.7 323.2 1.10 10 550 5097 -1.5 -24.2 16 22.7 -8.5 287 25 322.4 322.5 290.5 325.8 0.98 11 500 5848 -6.4 -31.5 12 25.1 -12.6 289 29 325.2 325.4 290.9 327.2 0.55 12 450 6662 -12.5 -35.4 13 22.9 -17.2 286 31 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.42 13 400 7549 -18.9 -39.2 15 20.3 -22.3 282 33 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.32 14 350 8528 -26.9 -45.3 16 18.4 -29.0 273 34 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.19 15 300 9620 -35.1 -48.2 25 13.1 -36.2 271 36 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.16 16 250 10863 -45.3 -56.3 28 11.1 -45.7 282 42 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12313 -56.4 -63.6 40 7.2 -56.5 274 44 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14094 -65.2 -75.0 25 9.8 -65.3 284 43 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16506 -73.2 -82.5 23 9.3 -73.2 268 31 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.90 m Freezing level: 567.04 mb = 4859.08 m = 15941.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3471.26 m = 11388.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.55 mb = 282.02 m = 925.24 ft T: 24.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 33.18 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1518.67 m = 4982.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.59 C = 92.46 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 14.93 C K Index: 17.11 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1298.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.22 mb = 781.56 m = 2564.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.22 mb = 3277.50 m = 10752.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.22 mb = 13027.12 m = 42739.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1277.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.22 mb = 16035.91 m = 52610.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 95.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 22.52 Bulk Shear: 57.66 m/s