MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 27.56,-97.92 Latitude: 27.56 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 1005 36 27.5 22.6 74 4.9 23.9 133 17 300.2 303.4 296.9 351.2 17.39 1 1000 81 27.3 22.5 75 4.8 23.8 135 21 300.4 303.6 297.0 351.4 17.37 2 950 534 25.0 20.2 75 4.8 21.6 150 29 302.5 305.5 296.5 349.5 15.87 3 900 1008 22.6 17.4 72 5.2 19.0 172 22 304.8 307.4 295.9 346.7 14.04 4 850 1504 18.9 15.6 81 3.3 16.6 193 19 305.9 308.4 295.6 345.5 13.20 5 800 2023 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.6 227 16 307.6 309.7 295.0 342.7 11.62 6 750 2570 15.5 2.0 40 13.5 7.9 279 12 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.9 5.90 7 700 3152 11.7 0.8 47 10.9 5.6 297 13 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.8 5.80 8 650 3766 6.5 -1.5 57 8.0 2.2 294 12 316.3 317.3 292.6 333.1 5.27 9 600 4417 1.6 -6.4 55 8.0 -2.1 272 12 318.0 318.7 291.9 330.8 3.96 10 550 5113 -2.6 -16.2 34 13.7 -7.6 255 18 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.7 1.96 11 500 5862 -7.5 -22.3 29 14.8 -12.1 253 26 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.3 1.28 12 450 6672 -13.4 -30.8 22 17.4 -17.3 251 32 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.8 0.65 13 400 7557 -19.8 -36.5 21 16.8 -22.7 248 38 329.3 329.4 292.0 330.9 0.42 14 350 8535 -26.5 -44.1 17 17.7 -28.6 248 44 333.1 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.22 15 300 9629 -34.6 -50.1 19 15.4 -35.8 253 53 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.13 16 250 10876 -44.7 -56.8 25 12.1 -45.2 248 62 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12327 -56.7 -61.5 55 4.8 -56.8 250 65 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14105 -66.7 -74.2 34 7.5 -66.7 252 70 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 19 100 16528 -70.7 -83.9 12 13.3 -70.7 254 33 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.25 m Freezing level: 580.86 mb = 4683.57 m = 15365.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.44 mb = 4092.58 m = 13426.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.08 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.65 mb = 667.34 m = 2189.40 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1584.91 m = 5199.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 31.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1795.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.93 mb = 1115.54 m = 3659.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.93 mb = 3590.60 m = 11780.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.93 mb = 13556.51 m = 44476.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1773.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 195.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.62 Bulk Shear: 122.80 m/s