MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 30.67,-94.61 Latitude: 30.67 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 59 26.9 21.3 72 5.6 22.9 224 6 299.1 302.0 295.7 345.7 15.98 1 1000 150 24.9 20.9 79 4.0 22.1 226 11 298.0 300.9 295.2 343.8 15.76 2 950 598 20.8 19.6 93 1.1 20.0 231 15 298.2 301.0 295.0 342.8 15.32 3 900 1065 19.4 15.4 78 4.0 16.7 249 19 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.7 12.28 4 850 1556 17.1 14.0 82 3.1 15.0 268 18 304.0 306.2 294.2 339.4 11.89 5 800 2072 15.0 7.0 59 8.0 10.2 293 14 307.1 308.6 292.0 331.1 7.89 6 750 2616 11.5 -0.6 43 12.2 5.2 310 10 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.2 4.87 7 700 3188 7.6 -10.3 27 17.8 -0.0 298 6 310.9 311.3 288.3 318.9 2.50 8 650 3795 5.8 -27.9 7 33.7 -4.1 280 18 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.7 0.59 9 600 4445 2.1 -33.9 5 36.0 -7.0 282 24 318.5 318.6 288.7 319.8 0.36 10 550 5140 -2.7 -38.1 5 35.4 -10.4 283 25 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.26 11 500 5888 -7.5 -40.7 5 33.2 -13.9 277 26 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.22 12 450 6699 -13.0 -38.6 10 25.6 -17.7 277 30 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.30 13 400 7584 -19.8 -41.3 13 21.5 -23.1 288 35 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.26 14 350 8561 -26.4 -51.5 8 25.1 -28.8 293 41 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 15 300 9655 -35.4 -51.0 19 15.6 -36.5 290 50 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 16 250 10897 -44.9 -57.2 24 12.2 -45.4 296 62 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12350 -56.0 -63.9 36 7.9 -56.2 294 72 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14128 -66.3 -74.1 33 7.7 -66.4 290 64 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16533 -74.2 -82.6 26 8.3 -74.2 272 37 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.99 m Freezing level: 578.36 mb = 4745.59 m = 15569.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.37 mb = 3183.12 m = 10443.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.06 mb = 762.47 m = 2501.51 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1393.74 m = 4572.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 590.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.50 mb = 842.21 m = 2763.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.50 mb = 2856.77 m = 9372.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 658.50 mb = 3688.55 m = 12101.40 ft B at Equ Level: 20.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.50 mb = 14601.24 m = 47903.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.9 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 305.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 77.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 26.43 Bulk Shear: 22.35 m/s