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: 30.53,-95.95 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 997 95 21.9 20.0 89 2.0 20.6 162 8 295.3 298.0 293.9 338.1 14.90 2 950 522 23.3 17.6 71 5.6 19.4 197 19 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.4 13.47 3 900 993 21.3 12.8 58 8.5 15.8 237 25 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.5 10.40 4 850 1486 17.5 8.8 56 8.8 12.1 252 24 304.5 306.1 291.6 329.7 8.37 5 800 2000 13.2 6.0 62 7.2 9.0 268 26 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.5 7.36 6 750 2539 8.6 2.4 65 6.2 5.2 276 29 305.9 307.0 290.1 324.4 6.07 7 700 3105 4.5 -5.9 47 10.5 -0.2 272 32 307.5 308.2 288.2 318.5 3.51 8 650 3706 2.8 -21.3 15 24.1 -5.0 244 43 312.1 312.3 287.3 315.7 1.07 9 600 4349 -0.6 -28.0 10 27.4 -8.0 247 52 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.7 0.64 10 550 5039 -4.6 -33.5 8 28.9 -11.2 258 61 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.41 11 500 5781 -9.7 -38.2 8 28.4 -15.2 261 67 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.28 12 450 6586 -14.9 -42.4 8 27.5 -19.3 260 72 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.20 13 400 7463 -22.3 -45.0 11 22.8 -25.1 263 72 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.17 14 350 8429 -29.4 -43.9 23 14.5 -31.0 266 81 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 15 300 9510 -37.8 -52.0 21 14.2 -38.7 256 79 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 16 250 10743 -47.0 -57.0 31 9.9 -47.4 237 85 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12194 -53.3 -68.4 14 15.1 -53.6 254 90 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14011 -61.2 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.4 252 67 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16485 -67.5 -83.2 9 15.7 -67.6 264 38 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.81 m Freezing level: 608.54 mb = 4239.33 m = 13908.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.98 mb = 3081.99 m = 10111.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.51 mb = 344.13 m = 1129.03 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.11 mb = 1830.93 m = 6006.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 25.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 758.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.06 mb = 1255.09 m = 4117.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.06 mb = 2232.39 m = 7324.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.06 mb = 11061.18 m = 36289.52 ft B at Equ Level: 748.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.06 mb = 13293.30 m = 43612.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.1 neg: -3.8 tot: 221.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.43 Bulk Shear: 171.21 m/s