MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 29.23,-97.24 Latitude: 29.23 Longitude: -97.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 87 24.6 21.9 85 2.7 22.7 170 11 297.6 300.7 295.8 346.2 16.76 1 1000 104 24.8 21.9 84 2.9 22.8 170 12 298.0 301.0 295.9 346.6 16.75 2 950 554 22.9 19.6 82 3.3 20.5 179 28 300.4 303.2 295.6 345.1 15.27 3 900 1026 21.9 16.2 70 5.7 18.0 195 21 304.1 306.5 295.0 342.6 12.97 4 850 1521 19.0 14.6 76 4.4 16.1 224 15 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.3 12.41 5 800 2040 15.2 12.3 83 2.8 13.3 246 16 307.3 309.5 294.7 341.6 11.35 6 750 2584 11.5 9.8 89 1.8 10.4 257 18 309.1 311.0 294.3 340.1 10.19 7 700 3159 8.8 4.9 76 3.9 6.5 262 20 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.3 7.77 8 650 3770 5.1 -0.1 69 5.2 2.3 263 24 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.3 5.86 9 600 4418 0.6 -7.6 54 8.2 -3.1 263 25 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.4 3.60 10 550 5111 -4.0 -16.8 36 12.8 -8.6 255 26 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.87 11 500 5855 -8.8 -22.1 33 13.3 -12.8 250 32 322.3 322.6 290.8 326.8 1.30 12 450 6663 -14.1 -24.1 42 10.0 -16.8 250 41 325.6 325.8 291.7 329.8 1.21 13 400 7546 -20.3 -26.2 59 5.9 -21.7 251 48 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.6 1.13 14 350 8521 -27.4 -32.4 62 5.1 -28.2 255 55 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.5 0.72 15 300 9612 -35.4 -41.1 56 5.7 -36.0 255 62 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.8 0.35 16 250 10856 -45.1 -52.4 43 7.4 -45.4 248 68 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.12 17 200 12305 -56.7 -61.3 56 4.6 -56.8 254 69 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14086 -65.6 -74.6 28 9.0 -65.7 254 70 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16512 -71.0 -83.0 15 11.9 -71.1 254 38 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.21 m Freezing level: 593.71 mb = 4505.17 m = 14780.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.85 mb = 4037.65 m = 13246.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.44 mb = 430.74 m = 1413.18 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.74 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.88 mb = 1767.29 m = 5798.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1260.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.74 mb = 1018.61 m = 3341.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.74 mb = 2520.01 m = 8267.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.74 mb = 12763.20 m = 41873.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1242.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.74 mb = 15637.65 m = 51303.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 121.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 17.32 Bulk Shear: 72.79 m/s