MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 28.84,-94.77 Latitude: 28.84 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 26.1 20.1 70 6.0 21.9 148 12 297.7 300.4 294.4 340.3 14.70 1 1000 155 24.5 18.2 68 6.3 20.2 150 13 297.7 300.1 293.4 336.2 13.28 2 950 602 20.3 17.3 83 2.9 18.3 153 14 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.0 13.21 3 900 1068 19.1 10.0 55 9.1 13.5 185 13 301.2 302.8 290.7 326.7 8.60 4 850 1559 18.2 2.2 34 16.1 9.4 207 12 305.2 306.2 289.2 321.3 5.26 5 800 2075 16.3 -3.3 26 19.6 6.4 212 14 308.5 309.2 288.8 320.2 3.74 6 750 2621 14.5 -22.6 6 37.1 1.5 207 16 312.3 312.5 287.1 315.2 0.83 7 700 3200 12.4 -32.4 3 44.9 -0.6 207 15 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.5 0.36 8 650 3816 8.6 -35.0 3 43.6 -3.1 221 11 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.8 0.30 9 600 4470 3.7 -35.2 4 38.9 -6.2 233 7 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.5 0.32 10 550 5169 -1.0 -42.7 3 41.7 -9.6 284 7 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.16 11 500 5920 -7.0 -45.1 3 38.1 -13.7 302 17 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.14 12 450 6732 -12.3 -42.8 6 30.6 -17.4 321 19 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.19 13 400 7622 -18.6 -37.6 17 19.1 -21.9 328 18 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.37 14 350 8601 -26.3 -47.0 13 20.6 -28.6 330 27 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 15 300 9696 -35.1 -50.7 19 15.6 -36.2 331 33 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.12 16 250 10941 -44.7 -53.9 35 9.2 -45.2 331 43 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.10 17 200 12396 -55.6 -61.3 49 5.8 -55.7 329 51 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14185 -65.2 -77.4 17 12.2 -65.3 313 37 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16571 -74.9 -82.8 28 8.0 -74.9 304 18 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.80 m Freezing level: 560.84 mb = 5017.81 m = 16462.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.41 mb = 3029.15 m = 9938.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.61 mb = 761.51 m = 2498.38 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.92 mb = 3260.69 m = 10697.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.94 C = 112.89 F Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.26 C Showalter Index: 8.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 9.16 C K Index: -17.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3798.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 1070.90 m = 3513.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 23.80 m/s