MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 27.70,-97.92 Latitude: 27.70 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 43 32.7 20.7 49 12.1 24.0 136 16 305.6 308.4 297.0 351.8 15.46 1 1000 76 31.3 20.4 53 10.9 23.5 139 18 304.4 307.3 296.7 350.0 15.30 2 950 533 26.6 19.3 64 7.2 21.4 150 20 304.2 306.9 296.4 348.9 15.02 3 900 1008 22.4 17.9 76 4.5 19.3 165 18 304.6 307.3 296.1 347.9 14.51 4 850 1503 18.5 16.0 86 2.5 16.8 187 17 305.5 308.0 295.8 346.1 13.58 5 800 2021 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.7 213 18 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.1 12.01 6 750 2567 14.0 1.7 43 12.2 7.2 257 14 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.8 5.79 7 700 3147 11.6 -4.9 31 16.5 3.4 292 13 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.6 3.80 8 650 3761 6.8 -6.6 38 13.4 0.4 283 12 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.3 3.59 9 600 4412 2.2 -16.2 24 18.3 -4.7 258 14 318.6 319.0 290.2 324.7 1.80 10 550 5108 -2.7 -23.5 18 20.8 -9.1 241 19 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.04 11 500 5856 -7.2 -27.0 19 19.8 -12.6 243 25 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.2 0.83 12 450 6668 -13.2 -28.7 26 15.5 -16.9 251 32 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.6 0.79 13 400 7553 -19.8 -36.3 22 16.5 -22.7 254 37 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.43 14 350 8530 -26.5 -44.1 17 17.6 -28.6 251 43 333.1 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.22 15 300 9624 -34.7 -48.9 22 14.2 -35.8 254 53 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.15 16 250 10870 -44.8 -56.9 25 12.1 -45.3 247 57 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 17 200 12321 -56.6 -61.7 53 5.1 -56.8 246 63 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14098 -66.7 -74.0 35 7.3 -66.7 251 71 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 19 100 16510 -72.0 -83.6 16 11.6 -72.1 249 37 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.37 m Freezing level: 577.78 mb = 4721.45 m = 15490.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3813.32 m = 12510.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.60 C = 90.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.69 mb = 1567.01 m = 5141.05 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 24.26 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1681.93 m = 5518.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 25.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1669.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.24 mb = 1480.49 m = 4857.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.24 mb = 1944.42 m = 6379.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.24 mb = 2265.40 m = 7432.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 757.24 mb = 2485.78 m = 8155.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 21.98 Bulk Shear: 75.94 m/s