MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 30.47,-95.24 Latitude: 30.47 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 74 24.5 20.3 78 4.2 21.6 171 10 297.4 300.1 294.6 341.2 15.14 1 1000 102 24.6 20.3 77 4.3 21.6 171 13 297.8 300.5 294.7 341.7 15.15 2 950 551 21.5 18.9 85 2.6 19.7 180 29 299.0 301.7 294.7 341.7 14.64 3 900 1019 19.8 14.5 71 5.3 16.3 194 30 302.0 304.1 293.4 336.3 11.61 4 850 1511 17.6 10.8 64 6.8 13.3 210 28 304.6 306.4 292.6 333.4 9.63 5 800 2027 15.0 9.1 67 6.0 11.3 230 23 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.7 9.08 6 750 2571 11.0 7.7 80 3.4 9.0 252 21 308.6 310.2 293.2 335.4 8.82 7 700 3144 7.8 1.4 64 6.4 4.3 252 24 311.1 312.3 291.7 330.0 6.07 8 650 3752 4.9 -2.3 60 7.1 1.2 248 29 314.5 315.4 291.8 330.3 4.99 9 600 4400 -0.3 -5.4 69 5.1 -2.7 248 31 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.4 4.26 10 550 5090 -4.9 -16.1 41 11.2 -8.9 245 35 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.9 1.98 11 500 5833 -8.8 -27.3 21 18.5 -13.6 243 37 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.3 0.82 12 450 6640 -14.7 -22.2 53 7.4 -16.9 242 40 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.8 1.44 13 400 7520 -21.3 -23.7 81 2.4 -22.0 240 44 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.41 14 350 8493 -27.2 -31.2 69 4.0 -27.9 240 60 332.1 332.3 293.1 335.1 0.81 15 300 9588 -34.6 -39.0 64 4.4 -35.1 246 72 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.44 16 250 10833 -45.0 -46.6 84 1.5 -45.2 251 71 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.23 17 200 12284 -57.2 -57.5 97 0.3 -57.2 259 68 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14061 -64.6 -72.9 31 8.3 -64.7 255 65 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16492 -70.3 -83.2 13 12.9 -70.4 239 43 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.58 m Freezing level: 603.26 mb = 4357.50 m = 14296.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.82 mb = 3943.53 m = 12937.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.30 mb = 602.69 m = 1977.30 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.77 mb = 1840.01 m = 6036.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.58 C K Index: 30.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 574.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.90 mb = 991.27 m = 3252.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.90 mb = 3778.62 m = 12396.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.90 mb = 11155.72 m = 36599.69 ft B at Equ Level: 572.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.90 mb = 14145.66 m = 46409.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 215.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 76.70 m/s