MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 30.13,-96.74 Latitude: 30.13 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 996 111 28.4 21.1 65 7.3 23.2 265 3 301.9 304.9 296.5 349.3 16.04 2 950 528 25.8 17.8 62 7.9 20.2 232 12 303.3 305.9 295.2 343.8 13.64 3 900 1002 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.1 226 17 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.9 13.13 4 850 1495 17.6 14.6 83 2.9 15.6 226 21 304.5 306.8 294.7 341.6 12.42 5 800 2011 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 227 24 305.5 307.7 294.5 340.8 11.77 6 750 2554 10.7 10.0 95 0.7 10.2 236 24 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.5 10.32 7 700 3126 7.4 1.1 64 6.3 4.0 247 25 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.1 5.93 8 650 3732 3.7 -10.0 36 13.7 -2.1 242 27 313.1 313.7 289.3 322.0 2.74 9 600 4377 0.6 -18.9 21 19.6 -6.1 252 29 316.9 317.1 289.3 321.7 1.43 10 550 5070 -3.0 -29.3 11 26.3 -9.9 258 32 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.8 0.62 11 500 5816 -8.8 -36.6 8 27.9 -14.5 267 37 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.6 0.33 12 450 6621 -15.5 -40.3 10 24.9 -19.6 268 41 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.25 13 400 7498 -22.5 -45.7 10 23.3 -25.3 267 42 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.16 14 350 8461 -30.8 -48.8 15 18.0 -32.3 281 49 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.13 15 300 9537 -38.3 -57.4 12 19.1 -39.3 261 57 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.05 16 250 10773 -45.2 -60.8 16 15.7 -45.7 260 72 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12227 -55.0 -66.2 24 11.2 -55.2 256 77 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14028 -63.6 -76.8 15 13.3 -63.7 257 76 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16464 -70.6 -83.1 14 12.5 -70.6 257 45 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.13 m Freezing level: 591.07 mb = 4501.10 m = 14767.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.46 mb = 3514.95 m = 11531.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.02 mb = 1039.86 m = 3411.57 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 27.57 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1666.87 m = 5468.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1627.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.42 mb = 1460.39 m = 4791.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.42 mb = 1817.21 m = 5961.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.42 mb = 11958.00 m = 39231.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1625.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.42 mb = 15978.76 m = 52423.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 41.77 Bulk Shear: 38.95 m/s