MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 28.98,-98.47 Latitude: 28.98 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 992 140 25.9 20.8 73 5.1 22.3 154 13 299.7 302.6 295.7 345.9 15.78 2 950 522 23.8 19.9 79 4.0 21.1 163 28 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.2 15.57 3 900 997 25.0 15.8 57 9.2 18.7 196 25 307.2 309.6 295.6 345.3 12.64 4 850 1497 21.8 12.2 54 9.6 15.5 221 21 309.0 311.0 294.6 341.1 10.56 5 800 2020 17.3 10.0 62 7.3 12.6 234 18 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.1 9.67 6 750 2569 15.3 -3.6 27 18.9 5.6 272 17 313.2 313.9 290.5 325.6 3.90 7 700 3149 11.6 -15.4 14 27.0 0.7 291 22 315.3 315.6 289.0 320.8 1.65 8 650 3763 7.8 -15.8 17 23.6 -1.4 298 22 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.6 1.72 9 600 4417 4.0 -20.9 14 24.8 -4.7 309 20 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.9 1.21 10 550 5118 -0.5 -22.4 17 21.9 -7.7 309 24 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.5 1.15 11 500 5872 -5.0 -29.5 13 24.5 -11.5 306 30 326.9 327.1 291.5 329.4 0.66 12 450 6691 -10.9 -35.1 12 24.2 -16.2 303 30 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.43 13 400 7582 -18.4 -37.5 17 19.1 -21.8 306 28 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.38 14 350 8562 -26.9 -41.7 23 14.8 -28.8 309 24 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.28 15 300 9650 -36.8 -45.2 41 8.5 -37.5 311 27 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10882 -47.7 -51.1 68 3.4 -47.9 307 24 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12315 -58.2 -62.3 59 4.1 -58.3 321 26 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 18 150 14096 -61.9 -76.7 12 14.9 -62.0 323 31 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16546 -69.3 -83.1 12 13.8 -69.4 287 21 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.49 m Freezing level: 555.71 mb = 5037.52 m = 16527.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3348.24 m = 10984.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.74 % Est. max temperature: 35.26 C = 95.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.07 mb = 793.81 m = 2604.32 ft T: 24.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 26.43 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.56 mb = 2596.25 m = 8517.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.44 C = 102.99 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.20 C K Index: 12.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 367.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1287.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 324.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.48 mb = 1359.73 m = 4461.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.48 mb = 4851.44 m = 15916.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.48 mb = 13019.71 m = 42715.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.48 mb = 15521.66 m = 50923.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 288.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.11 Bulk Shear: 181.13 m/s