MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 28.30,-100.20 Latitude: 28.30 Longitude: -100.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 981 243 30.7 14.5 37 16.2 19.8 149 11 305.4 307.4 293.6 337.2 10.60 2 950 532 29.6 13.5 37 16.0 18.9 151 20 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.4 10.32 3 900 1011 25.0 12.7 46 12.3 16.9 153 21 307.3 309.2 293.9 338.4 10.30 4 850 1509 20.2 11.9 59 8.3 14.8 155 20 307.3 309.3 294.0 338.7 10.38 5 800 2028 15.7 10.7 72 5.0 12.5 162 17 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.6 10.15 6 750 2576 15.1 1.9 41 13.3 7.6 203 9 313.0 314.1 292.1 331.3 5.84 7 700 3156 10.4 -0.2 48 10.6 4.6 228 6 314.0 315.0 292.0 330.9 5.38 8 650 3767 5.1 0.9 75 4.1 2.8 248 12 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.6 6.31 9 600 4415 -0.4 -1.8 90 1.4 -1.2 265 19 315.6 316.7 292.6 333.3 5.59 10 550 5106 -4.0 -17.9 33 13.9 -8.8 269 22 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.70 11 500 5851 -8.5 -20.8 36 12.2 -12.4 266 25 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.6 1.46 12 450 6660 -13.8 -27.7 30 13.9 -17.3 266 29 325.9 326.0 291.4 329.0 0.87 13 400 7544 -19.6 -38.1 18 18.5 -22.7 268 31 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.8 0.36 14 350 8521 -27.2 -37.7 36 10.5 -28.7 265 44 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.7 0.42 15 300 9611 -35.5 -37.4 83 1.9 -35.8 260 55 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.51 16 250 10853 -45.5 -47.2 83 1.7 -45.6 255 67 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.22 17 200 12301 -57.0 -59.9 69 2.9 -57.1 250 73 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.06 18 150 14083 -64.9 -74.6 25 9.7 -65.0 261 67 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16518 -68.9 -82.9 12 14.0 -69.0 262 30 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.66 m Freezing level: 603.91 mb = 4364.18 m = 14318.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.46 mb = 4222.08 m = 13851.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.47 mb = 2292.67 m = 7521.79 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.30 mb = 3354.74 m = 11006.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.38 C = 102.89 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 30.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 216.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.15 mb = 2517.99 m = 8261.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.15 mb = 4147.42 m = 13606.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.15 mb = 10324.86 m = 33873.81 ft B at Equ Level: 214.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.15 mb = 12614.04 m = 41384.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -13.7 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 58.00 m/s