MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.86,-99.49 Latitude: 29.86 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 504 SFC 942 584 32.8 14.9 34 17.9 20.5 265 10 311.2 313.4 295.8 346.2 11.40 3 900 986 27.2 13.9 44 13.2 18.2 269 14 309.5 311.6 295.1 343.5 11.18 4 850 1487 22.2 13.0 56 9.3 16.1 271 15 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.3 11.11 5 800 2010 17.3 11.9 70 5.5 13.7 272 15 309.6 311.7 295.1 343.1 10.99 6 750 2558 12.5 10.1 85 2.5 11.0 270 17 310.2 312.1 294.8 342.0 10.40 7 700 3134 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.8 265 24 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.3 8.11 8 650 3744 4.6 -0.9 67 5.6 1.7 270 34 314.2 315.2 292.2 331.6 5.50 9 600 4392 1.7 -32.8 6 34.6 -7.1 286 34 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.6 0.40 10 550 5090 -1.0 -34.8 6 33.7 -9.2 303 29 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 11 500 5841 -7.0 -40.4 5 33.4 -13.5 293 35 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.23 12 450 6651 -13.2 -45.5 5 32.3 -18.2 275 40 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.15 13 400 7537 -19.3 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 272 48 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.15 14 350 8517 -26.1 -45.9 14 19.8 -28.4 273 61 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 15 300 9612 -34.9 -50.9 18 16.0 -36.1 268 65 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10864 -41.4 -63.5 7 22.1 -42.3 266 63 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12345 -52.1 -67.8 13 15.7 -52.5 265 54 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14147 -65.4 -74.9 26 9.5 -65.5 259 43 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16555 -76.1 -82.3 37 6.2 -76.2 261 21 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.73 m Freezing level: 568.61 mb = 4829.76 m = 15845.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.29 mb = 3866.09 m = 12683.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.23 mb = 2815.35 m = 9236.61 ft T: 10.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 26.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.61 mb = 2845.47 m = 9335.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 601.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.65 mb = 2685.19 m = 8809.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.65 mb = 3090.66 m = 10139.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.65 mb = 10764.66 m = 35316.68 ft B at Equ Level: 590.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.65 mb = 13996.07 m = 45918.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 21.78 Bulk Shear: 27.61 m/s