MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 30.13,-95.40 Latitude: 30.13 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 51 28.4 20.1 61 8.3 22.5 170 10 301.1 303.9 295.5 344.9 14.89 1 1000 93 27.8 19.8 62 8.1 22.1 173 14 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.0 14.66 2 950 546 23.5 18.7 75 4.7 20.2 178 20 301.0 303.7 295.1 343.5 14.48 3 900 1016 19.4 17.4 88 2.1 18.0 187 21 301.5 304.1 295.0 342.8 14.00 4 850 1506 16.2 15.2 94 1.0 15.5 197 21 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.3 12.87 5 800 2020 13.2 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 205 22 305.3 307.4 294.4 340.2 11.67 6 750 2563 10.3 8.7 89 1.7 9.3 212 19 307.8 309.6 293.4 336.4 9.44 7 700 3136 9.5 -5.6 34 15.2 2.2 242 17 313.0 313.7 290.1 324.5 3.59 8 650 3746 4.5 -2.6 60 7.0 0.9 268 18 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.88 9 600 4391 -1.1 -6.6 66 5.5 -3.6 272 20 314.9 315.6 291.0 327.4 3.89 10 550 5081 -4.2 -22.3 23 18.1 -9.8 264 24 319.1 319.3 289.7 323.1 1.16 11 500 5826 -8.2 -25.8 23 17.6 -13.0 258 28 323.1 323.2 290.7 326.3 0.93 12 450 6635 -13.7 -34.1 16 20.4 -17.9 264 34 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.47 13 400 7520 -19.6 -40.2 14 20.6 -22.8 262 38 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 14 350 8496 -27.8 -45.8 16 18.0 -29.7 281 39 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.18 15 300 9581 -37.4 -49.8 26 12.4 -38.3 298 51 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 16 250 10809 -48.5 -54.9 47 6.4 -48.8 294 51 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12242 -59.3 -61.4 77 2.0 -59.4 292 43 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 18 150 14003 -64.6 -73.8 27 9.2 -64.7 289 54 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16453 -67.5 -83.6 8 16.1 -67.6 278 37 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.42 m Freezing level: 609.69 mb = 4266.17 m = 13996.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.98 mb = 3871.13 m = 12700.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.66 mb = 1105.13 m = 3625.71 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1344.03 m = 4409.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 24.37 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1441.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.83 mb = 1161.54 m = 3810.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.83 mb = 1608.29 m = 5276.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.83 mb = 2903.95 m = 9527.28 ft B at Equ Level: 28.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.83 mb = 15360.07 m = 50393.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 105.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 31.47 Bulk Shear: 45.82 m/s