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: 30.60,-96.11 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22.3 19.2 83 3.1 20.2 173 7 295.6 298.2 293.4 336.4 14.19 2 950 523 23.9 16.2 62 7.7 18.7 212 17 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.8 12.32 3 900 994 21.5 11.4 53 10.1 15.1 248 24 303.7 305.5 292.2 332.0 9.47 4 850 1486 17.4 7.7 53 9.8 11.6 263 23 304.4 305.8 291.1 327.7 7.76 5 800 2000 13.0 4.7 57 8.4 8.3 274 25 305.0 306.3 290.3 325.3 6.69 6 750 2539 8.3 1.1 60 7.2 4.5 278 27 305.6 306.6 289.5 322.5 5.54 7 700 3104 3.9 -5.4 51 9.3 -0.3 273 29 306.8 307.5 288.2 318.2 3.65 8 650 3703 1.6 -14.6 29 16.1 -4.4 246 39 310.7 311.1 287.7 316.9 1.90 9 600 4345 -0.6 -26.4 12 25.8 -7.9 246 54 315.4 315.6 288.1 318.0 0.74 10 550 5034 -4.7 -34.0 8 29.3 -11.3 259 65 318.6 318.6 288.7 320.0 0.39 11 500 5776 -9.5 -38.9 7 29.3 -15.1 260 70 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.26 12 450 6581 -15.1 -42.6 8 27.5 -19.4 259 72 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.0 0.20 13 400 7458 -22.4 -45.5 10 23.0 -25.2 263 73 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.16 14 350 8424 -29.5 -43.5 25 14.0 -31.0 266 83 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.23 15 300 9504 -38.1 -51.1 24 13.0 -38.9 257 83 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 16 250 10735 -46.9 -57.2 30 10.3 -47.3 238 86 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 17 200 12187 -53.2 -68.5 14 15.3 -53.5 255 91 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14008 -60.7 -77.6 9 16.9 -60.9 254 65 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16483 -67.2 -83.2 9 16.0 -67.4 265 39 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.46 m Freezing level: 613.60 mb = 4169.99 m = 13680.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.41 mb = 3064.07 m = 10052.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.82 mb = 487.49 m = 1599.35 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.27 mb = 1986.97 m = 6518.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 17.21 C K Index: 25.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 467.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.62 mb = 1469.99 m = 4822.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.62 mb = 2355.81 m = 7728.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.62 mb = 10558.67 m = 34640.90 ft B at Equ Level: 461.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.62 mb = 12625.21 m = 41420.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.7 neg: -6.0 tot: 163.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 3.23 Bulk Shear: 144.63 m/s