MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 29.75,-95.41 Latitude: 29.75 Longitude: -95.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 29 24.3 22.5 89 1.9 23.0 181 11 296.8 299.9 295.9 346.6 17.23 1 1000 95 24.2 22.3 89 1.9 22.8 182 17 297.3 300.4 296.0 347.1 17.19 2 950 544 21.8 20.1 90 1.7 20.6 195 30 299.3 302.2 295.6 345.3 15.77 3 900 1013 20.7 14.8 69 5.9 16.7 208 28 302.8 305.0 293.8 337.9 11.83 4 850 1507 19.3 8.1 48 11.2 12.4 242 20 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.6 7.99 5 800 2025 15.6 8.6 63 6.9 11.3 280 24 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.6 8.82 6 750 2569 11.2 5.5 68 5.7 7.8 291 24 308.7 310.2 292.2 331.8 7.55 7 700 3142 7.4 -0.4 58 7.7 3.3 277 23 310.6 311.7 290.9 327.2 5.32 8 650 3748 4.0 -10.5 34 14.5 -2.1 259 25 313.4 313.9 289.3 322.0 2.64 9 600 4394 0.5 -18.6 22 19.1 -6.1 274 30 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.7 1.47 10 550 5087 -2.7 -27.2 13 24.5 -9.5 288 37 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.75 11 500 5835 -7.9 -31.2 14 23.2 -13.5 292 41 323.3 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.57 12 450 6644 -13.6 -37.0 12 23.4 -18.0 292 44 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.35 13 400 7528 -20.4 -37.6 20 17.2 -23.2 287 44 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.38 14 350 8500 -28.4 -33.4 62 5.1 -29.2 297 49 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.65 15 300 9586 -37.1 -41.1 66 4.0 -37.5 302 50 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.35 16 250 10817 -47.6 -50.4 73 2.8 -47.7 301 50 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.15 17 200 12253 -58.7 -60.9 76 2.2 -58.8 305 44 339.7 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14019 -67.5 -73.6 41 6.1 -67.5 299 44 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16448 -68.6 -83.4 10 14.8 -68.7 294 45 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.18 m Freezing level: 592.23 mb = 4501.31 m = 14767.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.71 mb = 3503.50 m = 11494.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.93 mb = 263.20 m = 863.49 ft T: 23.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.54 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1745.82 m = 5727.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.18 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 16.04 C K Index: 27.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.28 mb = 791.35 m = 2596.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.28 mb = 2476.71 m = 8125.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.28 mb = 12958.80 m = 42515.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1524.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.28 mb = 15971.96 m = 52400.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 237.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 11.75 Bulk Shear: 130.69 m/s