MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.45,-95.65 Latitude: 30.45 Longitude: -95.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 996 93 31.9 19.7 49 12.2 23.2 181 6 305.4 308.1 296.4 349.2 14.64 2 950 513 27.6 18.0 56 9.6 20.9 197 13 305.2 307.7 295.8 346.4 13.80 3 900 990 24.0 15.7 60 8.3 18.3 213 18 306.2 308.5 295.3 343.9 12.56 4 850 1487 19.8 14.2 70 5.6 16.1 225 22 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.3 12.07 5 800 2007 15.2 12.7 85 2.5 13.6 231 24 307.3 309.5 294.9 342.3 11.60 6 750 2551 10.9 10.2 96 0.7 10.4 238 25 308.4 310.4 294.4 340.2 10.49 7 700 3124 8.4 3.0 69 5.4 5.4 248 21 311.8 313.1 292.5 332.9 6.79 8 650 3735 5.6 -2.2 57 7.8 1.5 249 24 315.3 316.2 292.0 331.2 5.01 9 600 4384 1.3 -8.7 47 10.0 -3.1 244 30 317.6 318.2 291.2 328.3 3.30 10 550 5079 -2.9 -21.7 22 18.8 -8.9 250 35 320.6 320.9 290.2 324.9 1.22 11 500 5827 -7.1 -37.5 7 30.4 -13.5 261 41 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.30 12 450 6640 -12.1 -42.7 6 30.6 -17.3 254 44 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.20 13 400 7531 -17.6 -40.4 12 22.7 -21.4 257 51 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.28 14 350 8514 -25.6 -45.6 14 20.0 -28.0 258 55 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.18 15 300 9610 -34.7 -50.5 19 15.8 -36.0 254 56 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 16 250 10861 -42.2 -61.5 10 19.4 -43.0 262 57 343.3 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 17 200 12338 -52.4 -68.5 13 16.2 -52.7 267 55 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14138 -65.4 -74.7 26 9.3 -65.5 254 47 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16541 -75.5 -82.3 33 6.8 -75.5 267 26 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.76 m Freezing level: 584.71 mb = 4596.69 m = 15080.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.54 mb = 3942.93 m = 12935.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.20 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.06 mb = 1639.26 m = 5378.10 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 24.35 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2019.14 m = 6624.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.84 C = 92.91 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.89 mb = 1796.35 m = 5893.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.89 mb = 2275.56 m = 7465.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.89 mb = 11273.72 m = 36986.81 ft B at Equ Level: 879.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.89 mb = 15223.49 m = 49945.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.4 neg: -2.7 tot: 117.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 15.53 Bulk Shear: 56.64 m/s