MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 29.45,-96.34 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 28.4 20.7 63 7.7 22.9 182 7 301.3 304.1 295.9 346.8 15.46 1 1000 75 27.9 20.3 63 7.6 22.5 185 8 301.1 303.8 295.6 345.5 15.12 2 950 527 23.6 19.2 76 4.4 20.5 202 10 301.1 303.8 295.5 344.9 14.89 3 900 998 19.8 17.7 88 2.0 18.4 220 13 301.9 304.5 295.3 344.2 14.35 4 850 1489 16.3 15.7 96 0.6 15.8 231 18 303.2 305.6 294.9 342.6 13.28 5 800 2004 13.6 12.4 92 1.2 12.8 239 24 305.6 307.8 294.3 339.8 11.37 6 750 2546 11.4 6.7 73 4.7 8.6 245 25 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.2 8.25 7 700 3122 9.1 -1.9 46 11.0 3.4 249 30 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.5 4.75 8 650 3730 4.4 -6.9 44 11.2 -0.8 252 35 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.2 3.52 9 600 4376 0.3 -21.8 17 22.1 -6.8 259 34 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.3 1.11 10 550 5068 -3.9 -30.2 11 26.4 -10.6 264 38 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.5 0.56 11 500 5812 -9.0 -37.9 8 28.9 -14.7 266 44 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.2 0.29 12 450 6619 -13.8 -41.4 8 27.6 -18.4 261 50 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.22 13 400 7503 -20.1 -45.8 8 25.7 -23.5 261 57 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 14 350 8477 -28.2 -50.2 10 22.0 -30.2 265 57 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 15 300 9562 -36.9 -54.3 15 17.4 -37.9 264 57 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.08 16 250 10796 -46.8 -55.7 35 8.9 -47.1 252 63 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12245 -55.4 -65.1 29 9.7 -55.6 248 68 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14043 -64.2 -77.1 15 13.0 -64.3 260 65 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16494 -67.2 -83.3 9 16.1 -67.4 254 38 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.30 m Freezing level: 596.00 mb = 4431.24 m = 14538.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.49 mb = 3611.22 m = 11847.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.67 mb = 1029.48 m = 3377.51 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 26.45 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1280.04 m = 4199.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1414.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.43 mb = 1108.83 m = 3637.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.43 mb = 1454.10 m = 4770.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.43 mb = 12454.00 m = 40859.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1395.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.43 mb = 15732.47 m = 51615.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 18.30 Bulk Shear: 77.26 m/s