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,-95.79 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 999 88 22.1 20.3 90 1.8 20.8 158 8 295.3 298.1 294.0 338.9 15.17 2 950 525 22.6 18.1 76 4.5 19.5 194 18 300.1 302.7 294.5 340.7 13.87 3 900 995 20.6 14.5 68 6.2 16.5 233 23 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.1 11.58 4 850 1487 17.6 10.0 61 7.6 12.9 250 26 304.6 306.3 292.2 331.8 9.08 5 800 2002 13.3 7.0 66 6.3 9.5 261 27 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.0 7.87 6 750 2541 9.1 2.4 63 6.7 5.4 269 29 306.4 307.6 290.3 324.9 6.06 7 700 3109 5.6 -7.9 37 13.6 -0.3 262 32 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.2 3.00 8 650 3711 3.2 -25.3 10 28.6 -5.3 244 42 312.6 312.8 287.2 315.2 0.75 9 600 4355 -0.6 -30.2 8 29.7 -8.2 249 50 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.3 0.52 10 550 5044 -4.5 -33.9 8 29.3 -11.2 258 58 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.40 11 500 5786 -9.7 -38.8 7 29.1 -15.2 261 63 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.27 12 450 6592 -14.5 -43.6 6 29.1 -19.1 260 69 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.18 13 400 7471 -22.0 -45.3 10 23.3 -24.9 263 69 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.17 14 350 8438 -29.3 -44.8 21 15.4 -31.0 266 77 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.20 15 300 9519 -37.6 -52.8 19 15.1 -38.6 254 75 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 16 250 10752 -47.1 -56.9 32 9.8 -47.4 239 82 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12203 -53.4 -68.4 15 15.0 -53.7 252 87 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14017 -61.8 -77.3 11 15.5 -61.9 252 68 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16488 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.7 263 38 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.73 m Freezing level: 607.51 mb = 4258.21 m = 13970.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.89 mb = 3074.88 m = 10088.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.93 mb = 315.88 m = 1036.33 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.52 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.68 mb = 1733.25 m = 5686.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 23.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 863.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.03 mb = 1090.53 m = 3577.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.03 mb = 2266.59 m = 7436.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.03 mb = 11153.37 m = 36591.97 ft B at Equ Level: 857.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.03 mb = 13808.85 m = 45304.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 5.26 Bulk Shear: 164.23 m/s