MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-95.71 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 24 23.0 22.1 95 0.9 22.3 147 5 295.5 298.6 295.3 343.9 16.83 1 1000 85 23.7 22.0 90 1.7 22.5 153 9 296.9 299.9 295.7 345.6 16.86 2 950 534 21.8 20.3 91 1.5 20.8 169 16 299.3 302.2 295.7 346.0 15.99 3 900 1003 19.4 17.7 90 1.7 18.2 177 16 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.6 14.28 4 850 1495 17.2 14.7 86 2.4 15.5 183 16 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.3 12.48 5 800 2011 15.1 11.4 79 3.7 12.7 186 15 307.3 309.2 294.2 339.4 10.65 6 750 2557 12.9 6.4 65 6.5 9.0 194 13 310.5 312.1 293.2 335.4 8.07 7 700 3134 10.5 -3.5 37 14.0 3.4 201 10 314.1 314.9 291.0 327.5 4.20 8 650 3747 6.3 -8.8 33 15.1 -0.5 214 6 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.0 3.03 9 600 4397 1.8 -14.7 28 16.5 -4.6 237 4 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.0 2.04 10 550 5093 -2.2 -19.6 25 17.4 -8.1 265 5 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.5 1.47 11 500 5843 -6.8 -23.1 26 16.3 -11.8 249 12 324.7 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.20 12 450 6658 -10.9 -42.0 6 31.1 -16.6 253 17 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.21 13 400 7552 -17.1 -45.6 6 28.5 -21.3 260 18 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 14 350 8538 -25.0 -43.7 16 18.6 -27.4 261 21 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.23 15 300 9635 -34.6 -45.4 33 10.8 -35.6 267 28 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.22 16 250 10883 -43.5 -60.0 15 16.5 -44.2 259 43 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 17 200 12352 -52.6 -68.3 13 15.7 -52.9 262 53 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14155 -65.4 -74.7 26 9.3 -65.5 257 37 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16543 -76.3 -82.4 37 6.1 -76.3 231 26 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.28 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4714.60 m = 15467.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.51 mb = 3664.22 m = 12021.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.19 mb = 135.80 m = 445.54 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.96 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 1003.04 m = 3290.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 24.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 632.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.57 mb = 676.11 m = 2218.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.57 mb = 3752.00 m = 12309.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.57 mb = 11444.04 m = 37545.59 ft B at Equ Level: 632.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.57 mb = 14579.50 m = 47832.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 228.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 40.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 103.51 Bulk Shear: 6.11 m/s