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: 30.4,-95.71 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 999 87 22.0 20.3 90 1.7 20.9 157 7 295.3 298.0 294.0 338.9 15.21 2 950 525 22.3 18.2 78 4.1 19.5 193 18 299.8 302.4 294.5 340.7 13.97 3 900 995 20.3 14.9 71 5.3 16.7 231 22 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.7 11.93 4 850 1487 17.6 10.3 62 7.3 13.0 250 27 304.5 306.3 292.3 332.3 9.28 5 800 2001 13.2 7.2 67 6.0 9.6 260 27 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.4 7.99 6 750 2541 9.2 2.2 61 7.0 5.4 266 29 306.6 307.7 290.2 324.9 5.99 7 700 3109 5.9 -8.6 34 14.5 -0.4 257 32 309.0 309.6 288.1 318.1 2.85 8 650 3712 3.3 -26.1 9 29.4 -5.3 244 42 312.7 312.9 287.1 315.1 0.70 9 600 4356 -0.6 -30.7 8 30.1 -8.3 248 49 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.2 0.49 10 550 5045 -4.6 -33.9 8 29.3 -11.3 257 57 318.7 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.40 11 500 5787 -9.8 -38.9 7 29.1 -15.2 261 62 321.1 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.26 12 450 6593 -14.5 -44.0 6 29.5 -19.0 259 69 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.17 13 400 7472 -21.9 -45.4 10 23.5 -24.9 262 69 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.16 14 350 8439 -29.4 -44.9 21 15.5 -31.0 266 77 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.20 15 300 9520 -37.6 -52.9 19 15.3 -38.6 253 75 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 16 250 10752 -47.1 -56.8 32 9.7 -47.5 239 82 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 17 200 12204 -53.4 -68.5 14 15.1 -53.7 252 86 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14017 -61.8 -77.3 11 15.5 -62.0 252 68 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16488 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.5 -67.8 264 39 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.47 m Freezing level: 607.48 mb = 4259.51 m = 13974.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.36 mb = 3069.71 m = 10071.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.69 mb = 300.90 m = 987.19 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 25.52 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1700.05 m = 5577.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 23.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 872.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.90 mb = 1034.06 m = 3392.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.90 mb = 2203.46 m = 7229.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.90 mb = 11269.65 m = 36973.46 ft B at Equ Level: 859.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.90 mb = 13979.58 m = 45864.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 5.41 Bulk Shear: 161.35 m/s