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: 30.66,-94.84 Latitude: 30.66 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 64 22.9 21.6 93 1.3 22.0 184 8 295.8 298.7 295.0 343.0 16.42 1 1000 90 23.0 21.5 91 1.5 22.0 183 11 296.2 299.1 295.1 343.3 16.37 2 950 537 21.1 19.8 92 1.3 20.2 194 31 298.6 301.4 295.2 343.6 15.47 3 900 1006 20.1 15.6 75 4.5 17.1 208 33 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.1 12.47 4 850 1499 18.3 10.5 60 7.8 13.4 230 29 305.3 307.1 292.7 333.7 9.44 5 800 2016 15.1 8.5 64 6.7 11.0 261 29 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.7 8.71 6 750 2559 10.9 6.2 72 4.8 8.1 275 29 308.5 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.93 7 700 3131 6.8 1.4 68 5.4 3.9 274 28 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.8 6.06 8 650 3736 3.3 -5.8 51 9.1 -0.9 261 31 312.7 313.5 290.2 324.9 3.83 9 600 4381 -0.2 -11.5 42 11.3 -4.8 268 35 315.9 316.4 290.1 324.5 2.65 10 550 5072 -4.0 -15.3 41 11.3 -8.2 280 38 319.3 319.8 290.7 326.4 2.12 11 500 5816 -9.2 -17.8 50 8.6 -12.1 285 43 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.89 12 450 6623 -14.6 -24.4 43 9.8 -17.2 282 48 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.0 1.18 13 400 7503 -21.2 -26.5 62 5.3 -22.5 285 50 327.4 327.6 292.0 331.3 1.09 14 350 8474 -28.7 -29.4 94 0.7 -28.8 295 55 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.5 0.96 15 300 9558 -37.2 -37.2 99 0.1 -37.2 300 56 333.0 333.1 293.0 335.0 0.52 16 250 10790 -47.3 -47.5 98 0.1 -47.3 301 55 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 17 200 12228 -58.3 -59.5 86 1.2 -58.3 304 53 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.06 18 150 13992 -67.8 -74.4 38 6.7 -67.8 297 48 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16436 -66.5 -83.7 7 17.2 -66.6 293 43 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.34 m Freezing level: 603.19 mb = 4339.46 m = 14236.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.55 mb = 3616.99 m = 11866.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.00 mb = 221.89 m = 727.96 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1670.95 m = 5482.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.59 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 32.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1309.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.35 mb = 774.64 m = 2541.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.35 mb = 2566.52 m = 8420.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.35 mb = 12563.00 m = 41216.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1303.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.35 mb = 15369.42 m = 50424.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.1 neg: -1.8 tot: 358.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.85 Bulk Rich Number: 9.88 Bulk Shear: 132.54 m/s