MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 25.01,-93.78 Latitude: 25.01 Longitude: -93.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.6 21.5 70 6.1 23.2 304 7 299.6 302.5 295.9 346.8 16.15 1 1000 120 26.3 20.3 70 6.0 22.1 304 7 299.5 302.3 295.3 343.9 15.20 2 950 570 22.0 19.5 86 2.5 20.2 302 7 299.5 302.3 295.2 343.8 15.16 3 900 1038 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.2 295 8 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.34 4 850 1528 16.6 10.7 68 5.9 12.9 291 7 303.5 305.3 292.2 332.0 9.54 5 800 2043 15.0 2.3 42 12.7 7.9 289 7 307.1 308.2 290.1 324.4 5.63 6 750 2587 12.3 1.3 47 11.1 6.3 305 8 310.0 311.0 290.9 327.3 5.59 7 700 3162 8.7 2.3 64 6.4 5.1 313 9 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.3 6.48 8 650 3771 5.0 0.2 71 4.7 2.4 305 7 314.6 315.7 292.7 333.5 6.00 9 600 4422 2.2 -4.2 63 6.4 -1.0 305 10 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.8 4.68 10 550 5120 -1.6 -8.7 59 7.0 -4.8 290 13 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.1 3.61 11 500 5873 -5.8 -15.9 45 10.1 -9.6 271 18 326.0 326.4 292.7 333.5 2.21 12 450 6690 -11.1 -26.6 26 15.6 -15.3 264 23 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.8 0.96 13 400 7583 -17.6 -34.6 21 17.0 -21.0 259 28 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.0 0.51 14 350 8568 -24.9 -41.1 21 16.3 -27.2 252 32 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.4 0.30 15 300 9668 -33.6 -44.0 34 10.4 -34.7 263 39 338.0 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.26 16 250 10920 -43.6 -51.5 42 7.8 -44.1 256 45 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.7 0.13 17 200 12383 -54.7 -56.2 83 1.5 -54.7 238 52 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.6 0.09 18 150 14163 -67.9 -72.7 50 4.8 -67.9 239 53 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 19 100 16547 -74.7 -82.6 28 7.9 -74.7 268 32 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.21 m Freezing level: 571.33 mb = 4821.92 m = 15819.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.36 mb = 4229.36 m = 13875.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.26 mb = 770.44 m = 2527.65 ft T: 20.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 22.37 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1101.51 m = 3613.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 4.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 26.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.44 mb = 928.71 m = 3046.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.44 mb = 3203.57 m = 10510.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.44 mb = 11568.89 m = 37955.21 ft B at Equ Level: 300.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.44 mb = 13902.53 m = 45611.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 289.98 Bulk Shear: 1.06 m/s