MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 27.62,-98.14 Latitude: 27.62 Longitude: -98.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 74 23.3 22.6 96 0.7 22.8 139 5 295.8 298.9 295.7 345.7 17.34 1 1000 144 23.8 22.5 93 1.2 22.9 141 9 296.9 300.1 296.0 347.4 17.45 2 950 593 21.7 19.6 88 2.1 20.2 146 16 299.2 302.0 295.2 343.7 15.24 3 900 1062 20.4 12.9 62 7.5 15.5 151 13 302.5 304.4 292.6 333.4 10.42 4 850 1554 17.8 4.0 40 13.8 10.0 174 8 304.8 306.0 289.7 323.1 6.01 5 800 2069 14.9 -6.7 22 21.6 4.9 230 8 307.1 307.6 287.5 316.2 2.89 6 750 2612 13.1 -22.5 7 35.5 0.9 243 7 310.8 310.9 286.6 313.6 0.84 7 700 3189 12.3 -36.0 2 48.2 -0.9 181 3 316.1 316.1 287.8 317.0 0.25 8 650 3805 9.3 -37.9 2 47.2 -2.9 120 4 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.22 9 600 4462 4.9 -40.8 2 45.7 -5.8 103 4 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.18 10 550 5164 -0.6 -40.3 3 39.7 -9.2 105 1 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.21 11 500 5916 -6.2 -44.6 3 38.4 -13.2 275 8 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.14 12 450 6731 -11.5 -40.6 7 29.1 -16.9 314 16 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.25 13 400 7621 -18.6 -37.9 17 19.4 -22.0 333 22 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.36 14 350 8602 -26.0 -45.5 14 19.5 -28.3 336 28 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.19 15 300 9697 -34.5 -52.4 15 17.9 -35.8 332 33 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 16 250 10947 -43.9 -58.5 18 14.6 -44.5 317 43 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.06 17 200 12407 -54.8 -63.6 33 8.9 -54.9 300 45 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14197 -65.5 -76.1 21 10.6 -65.6 292 39 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16576 -77.9 -81.6 55 3.7 -77.9 278 23 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.73 m Freezing level: 555.17 mb = 5091.00 m = 16702.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.44 mb = 2901.82 m = 9520.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.89 mb = 162.65 m = 533.63 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 33.76 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1616.47 m = 5303.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 8.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 10.25 C K Index: -20.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 375.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 365.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.18 mb = 860.36 m = 2822.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 516.18 mb = 5664.53 m = 18584.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.18 mb = 11319.17 m = 37135.95 ft B at Equ Level: 374.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.18 mb = 13945.55 m = 45752.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.6 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 201.6 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 63.07 Bulk Shear: 5.96 m/s