MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 28.17,-98.07 Latitude: 28.17 Longitude: -98.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 25.3 21.5 80 3.8 22.6 162 13 298.1 301.1 295.6 345.6 16.33 1 1000 116 25.3 21.5 79 3.8 22.6 163 15 298.4 301.4 295.7 345.9 16.33 2 950 566 23.4 18.8 75 4.6 20.2 174 28 300.9 303.6 295.1 343.5 14.52 3 900 1039 22.3 15.6 66 6.7 17.8 188 20 304.5 306.8 294.8 341.8 12.51 4 850 1534 20.0 10.4 54 9.6 13.8 232 8 307.1 308.8 293.2 335.3 9.34 5 800 2056 19.2 -6.2 17 25.5 6.8 319 7 311.7 312.2 289.1 321.2 2.99 6 750 2606 16.3 -15.7 10 32.0 3.2 324 10 314.3 314.6 288.5 319.3 1.50 7 700 3187 12.6 -24.9 6 37.5 0.0 291 8 316.5 316.6 288.4 319.0 0.73 8 650 3803 8.6 -25.7 7 34.3 -2.5 263 11 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.2 0.73 9 600 4459 4.6 -28.6 7 33.2 -5.3 252 16 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.6 0.60 10 550 5161 0.2 -35.3 5 35.6 -8.5 262 16 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.34 11 500 5917 -4.7 -41.3 4 36.6 -12.2 271 17 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.20 12 450 6735 -11.3 -40.9 7 29.6 -16.7 269 22 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.24 13 400 7625 -18.4 -44.9 8 26.5 -22.2 266 29 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 14 350 8607 -25.4 -50.6 8 25.1 -28.0 272 32 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 15 300 9708 -33.0 -49.1 19 16.1 -34.4 289 25 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.4 0.15 16 250 10961 -43.2 -53.6 31 10.4 -43.7 293 38 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.3 0.10 17 200 12424 -55.0 -59.0 61 4.0 -55.1 300 43 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14203 -67.4 -73.8 40 6.4 -67.5 288 39 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16580 -77.4 -82.2 46 4.8 -77.4 262 16 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.05 m Freezing level: 547.69 mb = 5195.64 m = 17045.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.61 mb = 3192.05 m = 10472.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.39 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.23 mb = 564.02 m = 1850.45 ft T: 23.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 26.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2866.87 m = 9405.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.47 C = 108.44 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 15.07 C K Index: -2.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 532.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.44 mb = 1150.80 m = 3775.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 483.44 mb = 6178.52 m = 20270.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.44 mb = 11410.27 m = 37434.83 ft B at Equ Level: 322.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.44 mb = 14063.27 m = 46138.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -16.8 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 4.94 Bulk Shear: 65.56 m/s