MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-98.55 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 984 236 28.7 18.1 53 10.6 21.3 139 14 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.1 13.43 2 950 544 26.4 17.4 58 9.0 20.2 144 26 304.0 306.5 295.2 343.6 13.30 3 900 1019 23.2 15.7 63 7.5 18.1 164 24 305.4 307.8 295.1 343.1 12.58 4 850 1516 19.9 13.3 66 6.6 15.5 189 19 307.0 309.1 294.6 341.3 11.38 5 800 2035 15.1 11.9 81 3.3 13.0 197 19 307.3 309.3 294.4 340.4 10.97 6 750 2579 11.3 8.0 80 3.3 9.3 205 17 308.8 310.5 293.4 336.3 9.01 7 700 3155 9.1 -0.1 52 9.3 4.2 253 11 312.6 313.6 291.6 329.6 5.42 8 650 3763 4.2 -4.7 52 8.9 -0.1 273 16 313.7 314.5 290.8 326.9 4.15 9 600 4410 0.6 -23.9 14 24.5 -6.9 291 20 316.9 317.0 288.8 320.0 0.93 10 550 5103 -2.6 -32.5 8 29.9 -9.9 284 19 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.45 11 500 5852 -7.5 -24.1 25 16.6 -12.3 278 19 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.09 12 450 6663 -13.1 -23.5 41 10.4 -16.1 286 21 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.2 1.27 13 400 7549 -19.5 -32.8 30 13.3 -22.2 295 21 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.60 14 350 8525 -27.4 -43.7 20 16.3 -29.3 283 25 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.23 15 300 9612 -36.9 -47.1 34 10.2 -37.7 266 27 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10846 -46.8 -53.3 47 6.5 -47.1 262 43 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 17 200 12294 -54.9 -68.8 16 13.9 -55.2 256 60 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14089 -64.7 -76.9 17 12.3 -64.7 258 62 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16518 -71.4 -82.7 17 11.3 -71.4 274 37 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.12 m Freezing level: 590.08 mb = 4547.16 m = 14918.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.14 mb = 3748.79 m = 12299.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.57 mb = 1581.08 m = 5187.22 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 23.54 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2178.41 m = 7146.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.59 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 964.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.51 mb = 1797.59 m = 5897.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.51 mb = 3302.45 m = 10834.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.51 mb = 12054.69 m = 39549.04 ft B at Equ Level: 951.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.51 mb = 15062.58 m = 49417.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.1 neg: -3.7 tot: 159.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 8.57 Bulk Shear: 112.45 m/s