MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 30.06,-94.77 Latitude: 30.06 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 1008 25 21.9 20.5 91 1.5 20.9 165 5 294.5 297.2 293.8 338.0 15.21 1 1000 89 22.3 20.3 88 2.0 20.9 163 9 295.4 298.2 294.0 338.9 15.13 2 950 535 19.6 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 186 17 297.0 299.8 294.4 340.5 15.04 3 900 1001 18.1 17.7 98 0.4 17.8 219 20 300.1 302.8 294.8 342.0 14.30 4 850 1490 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.3 237 24 302.8 305.1 294.4 340.4 12.71 5 800 2004 12.9 12.2 96 0.7 12.5 243 25 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.6 11.26 6 750 2546 11.0 7.6 79 3.4 8.9 244 29 308.5 310.2 293.1 335.2 8.75 7 700 3119 8.0 -0.2 56 8.1 3.7 245 33 311.3 312.3 291.2 328.2 5.41 8 650 3726 4.1 -7.4 43 11.5 -1.1 246 36 313.6 314.3 290.1 324.4 3.37 9 600 4372 0.0 -16.2 28 16.2 -5.9 250 38 316.2 316.5 289.4 322.2 1.81 10 550 5063 -4.5 -21.6 25 17.1 -9.8 257 42 318.8 319.0 289.7 323.0 1.24 11 500 5806 -9.2 -25.8 25 16.6 -13.7 260 48 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.1 0.93 12 450 6613 -14.3 -30.3 24 16.0 -18.0 260 57 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.7 0.68 13 400 7494 -21.0 -35.0 27 13.9 -23.5 259 61 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.49 14 350 8464 -29.1 -39.9 35 10.8 -30.4 260 62 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.34 15 300 9546 -37.4 -46.4 39 9.0 -38.1 252 64 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.20 16 250 10779 -46.6 -53.0 48 6.3 -46.9 243 71 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12231 -55.0 -63.0 36 8.0 -55.2 246 72 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14033 -62.7 -78.1 11 15.4 -62.8 252 68 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16499 -67.0 -83.3 8 16.3 -67.1 261 39 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.89 m Freezing level: 599.62 mb = 4377.53 m = 14361.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.52 mb = 3582.41 m = 11753.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.40 mb = 208.34 m = 683.53 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 772.11 m = 2533.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 803.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.56 mb = 575.34 m = 1887.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.56 mb = 3349.98 m = 10990.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.56 mb = 11305.47 m = 37090.98 ft B at Equ Level: 800.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.56 mb = 14009.88 m = 45963.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 206.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 114.84 m/s