MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 30.40,-99.73 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 531 SFC 940 619 21.1 18.1 83 3.0 19.0 178 17 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.3 13.99 3 900 998 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 179 29 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.4 13.94 4 850 1488 18.3 13.2 72 5.1 14.9 198 31 305.3 307.4 294.1 339.1 11.29 5 800 2008 17.8 7.0 49 10.8 11.2 230 23 310.1 311.6 292.9 334.3 7.88 6 750 2558 15.2 3.5 45 11.7 8.4 251 18 313.0 314.3 292.7 333.5 6.56 7 700 3138 10.6 1.4 53 9.2 5.5 242 19 314.2 315.4 292.6 333.3 6.07 8 650 3750 5.3 0.1 69 5.2 2.5 237 23 315.0 316.2 292.7 333.8 5.95 9 600 4398 -0.4 -2.7 84 2.3 -1.6 242 26 315.7 316.7 292.3 332.2 5.22 10 550 5088 -5.4 -6.3 94 0.9 -5.8 247 31 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.36 11 500 5830 -9.9 -12.7 80 2.8 -11.0 243 32 321.0 321.5 291.9 330.5 2.87 12 450 6634 -15.6 -29.7 29 14.0 -18.7 247 36 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.2 0.73 13 400 7511 -21.7 -37.0 24 15.2 -24.2 249 46 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.40 14 350 8481 -28.5 -33.1 65 4.5 -29.3 251 60 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.7 0.68 15 300 9566 -37.0 -39.7 75 2.8 -37.2 252 68 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.40 16 250 10800 -46.6 -53.4 46 6.7 -46.9 253 73 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12242 -58.4 -64.6 45 6.2 -58.5 253 77 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.03 18 150 14023 -63.3 -75.9 17 12.5 -63.4 255 77 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16466 -70.7 -83.1 15 12.3 -70.8 257 38 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.30 m Freezing level: 603.52 mb = 4352.04 m = 14278.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.04 mb = 4144.74 m = 13598.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.81 mb = 1000.07 m = 3281.02 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.04 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.12 mb = 2853.04 m = 9360.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.09 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 32.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.97 mb = 1418.29 m = 4653.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.97 mb = 3977.49 m = 13049.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.97 mb = 12178.21 m = 39954.29 ft B at Equ Level: 829.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.97 mb = 14354.02 m = 47092.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.0 neg: -5.8 tot: 169.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 11.99 Bulk Shear: 69.93 m/s