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: 29.45,-98.70 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 980 273 26.5 18.9 63 7.6 21.2 118 11 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.1 14.16 2 950 545 24.9 18.2 66 6.7 20.3 127 21 302.5 305.1 295.3 343.9 14.02 3 900 1018 21.3 16.7 75 4.6 18.1 148 20 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.2 13.39 4 850 1512 18.4 13.8 75 4.6 15.4 184 19 305.5 307.6 294.5 340.7 11.78 5 800 2029 14.3 11.5 83 2.8 12.4 202 22 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.5 10.69 6 750 2572 12.4 4.5 58 7.9 7.8 222 18 310.0 311.4 292.2 331.8 7.05 7 700 3149 9.4 -2.9 42 12.3 3.1 262 11 312.9 313.7 290.8 326.8 4.40 8 650 3758 4.9 -4.5 50 9.4 0.3 287 18 314.5 315.3 291.1 327.9 4.21 9 600 4405 -0.1 -9.4 49 9.3 -4.1 282 23 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.2 3.13 10 550 5097 -3.7 -25.6 17 21.8 -10.0 277 23 319.6 319.8 289.6 322.7 0.87 11 500 5842 -8.6 -22.6 31 14.1 -12.8 273 24 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.24 12 450 6650 -14.2 -25.6 37 11.4 -17.2 274 28 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.1 1.05 13 400 7532 -20.4 -40.6 15 20.2 -23.4 274 30 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.28 14 350 8506 -28.0 -48.2 13 20.2 -30.0 270 40 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.14 15 300 9592 -37.1 -45.7 41 8.6 -37.8 260 50 333.1 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.21 16 250 10826 -46.5 -46.9 96 0.4 -46.5 251 66 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12270 -56.9 -60.5 63 3.7 -56.9 252 78 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14062 -63.3 -74.6 20 11.3 -63.4 258 66 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16504 -69.0 -83.2 11 14.2 -69.1 260 35 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.77 m Freezing level: 600.74 mb = 4395.85 m = 14421.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3802.83 m = 12476.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.99 mb = 1241.76 m = 4073.96 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1884.61 m = 6183.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 28.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1164.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.66 mb = 1484.87 m = 4871.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.66 mb = 3537.95 m = 11607.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.66 mb = 12343.29 m = 40495.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.66 mb = 15033.18 m = 49320.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.6 neg: -8.2 tot: 217.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 8.07 Bulk Shear: 144.34 m/s