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,-96.19 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 92 22.3 19.5 84 2.8 20.4 172 6 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.1 14.43 2 950 523 24.1 16.4 62 7.7 18.9 213 17 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.3 12.44 3 900 995 21.7 11.6 53 10.1 15.3 250 23 303.9 305.7 292.4 332.6 9.59 4 850 1487 17.6 8.1 54 9.5 11.9 265 22 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.6 8.01 5 800 2002 13.1 5.4 59 7.8 8.6 275 24 305.2 306.5 290.7 326.4 7.02 6 750 2540 8.4 1.9 64 6.5 4.9 279 26 305.7 306.8 289.9 323.6 5.88 7 700 3106 4.0 -4.6 53 8.6 0.0 275 28 307.0 307.7 288.4 319.0 3.89 8 650 3705 1.2 -13.7 32 14.9 -4.4 249 38 310.4 310.7 287.8 317.0 2.04 9 600 4346 -0.5 -28.5 10 28.0 -8.0 247 55 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.7 0.61 10 550 5036 -4.6 -34.5 8 30.0 -11.3 259 64 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.0 0.37 11 500 5779 -9.4 -39.6 7 30.3 -15.0 261 69 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.5 0.24 12 450 6584 -15.0 -43.4 7 28.4 -19.4 260 72 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.18 13 400 7461 -22.4 -45.9 10 23.5 -25.2 264 73 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.16 14 350 8427 -29.6 -43.5 25 13.9 -31.1 267 82 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.23 15 300 9507 -38.1 -51.2 24 13.2 -38.9 258 82 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.11 16 250 10738 -47.0 -57.3 30 10.3 -47.3 239 86 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12190 -53.2 -68.5 14 15.4 -53.5 256 91 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14010 -60.9 -77.5 9 16.6 -61.1 254 65 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16484 -67.2 -83.2 9 16.0 -67.4 264 37 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.51 m Freezing level: 614.15 mb = 4164.72 m = 13663.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.78 mb = 3108.47 m = 10198.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.25 mb = 456.34 m = 1497.16 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 21.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.64 mb = 1973.93 m = 6476.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.49 C K Index: 26.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 550.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.71 mb = 1460.03 m = 4790.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.71 mb = 2345.53 m = 7695.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.71 mb = 10532.94 m = 34556.46 ft B at Equ Level: 550.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.71 mb = 12937.11 m = 42444.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.7 neg: -6.4 tot: 158.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 3.87 Bulk Shear: 142.17 m/s