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: 30.47,-95.71 Latitude: 30.47 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 76 SFC 998 94 21.8 20.2 91 1.6 20.7 159 8 295.1 297.8 293.9 338.4 15.09 2 950 524 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.4 192 19 299.8 302.4 294.4 340.5 13.93 3 900 994 20.4 14.7 70 5.7 16.6 230 23 302.5 304.6 293.6 337.3 11.76 4 850 1486 17.6 9.7 60 7.9 12.7 250 27 304.6 306.3 292.1 331.4 8.93 5 800 2001 13.2 6.7 64 6.6 9.3 261 28 305.3 306.7 291.3 328.5 7.69 6 750 2540 9.2 1.6 59 7.6 5.1 268 29 306.6 307.6 290.0 324.0 5.72 7 700 3108 5.6 -8.3 36 13.9 -0.4 258 32 308.7 309.3 288.1 318.0 2.93 8 650 3710 3.2 -26.4 9 29.6 -5.4 243 43 312.6 312.7 287.1 314.9 0.68 9 600 4354 -0.6 -30.8 8 30.2 -8.3 248 50 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.1 0.49 10 550 5043 -4.6 -34.0 8 29.4 -11.3 257 58 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.0 0.39 11 500 5785 -9.8 -38.9 7 29.1 -15.3 260 63 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.26 12 450 6590 -14.6 -44.0 6 29.4 -19.1 259 70 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.17 13 400 7469 -22.1 -45.6 10 23.6 -24.9 262 70 326.3 326.4 290.9 326.9 0.16 14 350 8435 -29.4 -44.6 21 15.2 -31.0 266 78 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.21 15 300 9517 -37.7 -53.1 18 15.4 -38.6 253 76 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 16 250 10749 -47.1 -57.0 31 9.9 -47.5 238 83 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 17 200 12201 -53.3 -68.6 14 15.3 -53.5 252 87 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14015 -61.7 -77.3 11 15.6 -61.8 251 68 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16487 -67.7 -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: 5709.06 m Freezing level: 608.31 mb = 4246.79 m = 13932.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.05 mb = 3060.31 m = 10040.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.11 mb = 296.20 m = 971.77 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 25.62 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1725.29 m = 5660.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 23.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 851.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.74 mb = 1053.94 m = 3457.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.74 mb = 2225.70 m = 7302.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.74 mb = 11048.75 m = 36248.73 ft B at Equ Level: 850.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.74 mb = 13657.61 m = 44807.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 231.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 5.11 Bulk Shear: 166.60 m/s