MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 29.93,-97.72 Latitude: 29.93 Longitude: -97.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 987 201 27.9 18.6 57 9.3 21.4 164 9 302.2 304.7 295.0 342.9 13.80 2 950 535 26.7 17.5 57 9.2 20.3 173 20 304.3 306.7 295.3 344.0 13.34 3 900 1011 23.5 15.6 61 7.9 18.1 197 16 305.7 308.1 295.1 343.2 12.49 4 850 1508 19.8 13.7 68 6.1 15.8 222 16 306.9 309.1 294.8 342.2 11.71 5 800 2027 15.3 12.2 81 3.1 13.3 236 17 307.5 309.6 294.6 341.3 11.20 6 750 2571 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.4 243 18 308.3 310.3 294.4 340.3 10.55 7 700 3144 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 248 18 310.8 312.5 294.0 338.8 9.12 8 650 3752 4.2 3.4 94 0.8 3.7 259 23 313.7 315.2 293.6 337.2 7.53 9 600 4399 -0.5 -2.3 88 1.7 -1.4 259 31 315.5 316.5 292.4 332.6 5.40 10 550 5089 -5.1 -15.9 42 10.8 -8.9 261 35 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.8 2.02 11 500 5831 -9.3 -26.1 24 16.8 -13.7 251 36 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.9 0.91 12 450 6637 -14.7 -28.3 31 13.5 -17.9 251 44 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.7 0.83 13 400 7518 -21.0 -30.7 42 9.6 -22.9 249 51 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.74 14 350 8490 -27.8 -34.1 55 6.3 -28.8 248 62 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.5 0.61 15 300 9579 -36.2 -43.6 46 7.4 -36.9 248 70 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.27 16 250 10818 -45.7 -55.1 34 9.4 -46.1 249 75 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.09 17 200 12267 -56.8 -62.5 49 5.7 -57.0 249 80 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14049 -65.4 -74.9 26 9.5 -65.5 250 76 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16491 -69.3 -83.4 11 14.1 -69.4 261 35 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.14 m Freezing level: 605.71 mb = 4325.02 m = 14189.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.01 mb = 4212.41 m = 13820.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.18 mb = 1383.78 m = 4539.90 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 19.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.18 mb = 2152.43 m = 7061.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 42.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1250.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.22 mb = 1771.41 m = 5811.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.22 mb = 2467.93 m = 8096.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.22 mb = 12291.57 m = 40326.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1249.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.22 mb = 15432.13 m = 50629.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 15.95 Bulk Shear: 78.38 m/s