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: 30.94,-94.85 Latitude: 30.94 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 82 25.8 21.9 79 3.9 23.0 249 5 298.9 302.0 296.1 347.7 16.75 1 1000 85 25.8 20.9 74 4.9 22.3 246 6 299.0 301.8 295.5 344.8 15.74 2 950 535 21.9 18.2 80 3.7 19.4 241 13 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.3 14.01 3 900 1003 18.2 16.8 91 1.4 17.2 234 16 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.8 13.49 4 850 1492 15.7 15.2 97 0.5 15.4 228 19 302.6 305.0 294.5 340.8 12.90 5 800 2006 13.1 12.7 98 0.3 12.9 227 22 305.1 307.2 294.3 339.9 11.65 6 750 2547 10.0 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 229 26 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.2 9.83 7 700 3118 6.6 4.2 85 2.4 5.2 231 29 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.7 7.43 8 650 3723 3.3 -1.8 69 5.1 0.7 232 32 312.7 313.7 291.4 328.9 5.16 9 600 4369 0.1 -7.6 56 7.6 -3.4 241 35 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.8 3.60 10 550 5061 -4.3 -13.3 49 9.0 -7.8 254 39 319.0 319.4 290.9 327.2 2.49 11 500 5803 -10.2 -17.7 54 7.5 -12.7 262 41 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.0 1.90 12 450 6606 -15.9 -21.4 63 5.5 -17.4 262 44 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.54 13 400 7482 -22.7 -26.7 70 4.0 -23.6 263 47 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.3 1.08 14 350 8445 -30.8 -33.4 78 2.6 -31.2 266 49 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.65 15 300 9520 -38.7 -39.4 94 0.6 -38.8 262 54 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.42 16 250 10751 -45.9 -47.5 84 1.6 -46.0 248 68 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.21 17 200 12206 -55.6 -58.9 67 3.3 -55.7 248 69 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.07 18 150 14003 -63.5 -77.1 14 13.6 -63.7 255 84 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16450 -70.4 -83.2 14 12.7 -70.5 251 49 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.29 m Freezing level: 599.37 mb = 4377.63 m = 14362.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.19 mb = 3833.56 m = 12577.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.20 mb = 578.95 m = 1899.42 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.79 mb = 1158.30 m = 3800.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1257.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.54 mb = 968.83 m = 3178.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.54 mb = 1708.68 m = 5605.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.54 mb = 11628.00 m = 38149.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1247.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.54 mb = 14935.09 m = 48999.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 28.43 Bulk Shear: 44.22 m/s