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: 28.19,-97.57 Latitude: 28.19 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 40 24.0 22.3 90 1.8 22.8 138 5 296.1 299.2 295.5 345.0 16.96 1 1000 147 24.5 22.0 86 2.5 22.8 143 10 297.7 300.7 295.9 346.7 16.92 2 950 596 21.3 20.4 94 1.0 20.7 150 16 298.8 301.8 295.7 345.7 16.07 3 900 1064 18.9 15.5 80 3.4 16.7 155 14 301.0 303.3 293.7 337.4 12.39 4 850 1554 17.1 6.5 50 10.6 10.9 163 11 304.1 305.4 290.5 325.7 7.17 5 800 2068 14.5 -5.2 25 19.7 5.1 187 10 306.6 307.2 287.7 316.8 3.25 6 750 2611 13.1 -23.6 6 36.8 0.8 206 10 310.8 311.0 286.5 313.4 0.76 7 700 3188 12.1 -36.1 2 48.1 -1.0 176 6 315.8 315.9 287.7 316.8 0.25 8 650 3804 9.3 -37.9 2 47.2 -2.9 98 6 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.22 9 600 4461 4.6 -34.5 4 39.1 -5.7 71 2 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 10 550 5161 -0.9 -39.9 3 39.0 -9.4 353 3 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.22 11 500 5913 -6.5 -44.1 3 37.6 -13.4 291 12 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.15 12 450 6727 -11.7 -41.1 7 29.4 -17.0 309 19 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.23 13 400 7617 -18.8 -37.5 18 18.7 -22.1 327 25 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.38 14 350 8596 -26.1 -45.7 14 19.5 -28.4 331 32 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.18 15 300 9691 -35.0 -51.8 16 16.8 -36.2 332 38 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 16 250 10937 -44.5 -60.3 15 15.9 -45.0 319 46 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 17 200 12396 -54.6 -64.3 29 9.7 -54.8 299 49 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14188 -65.1 -75.8 21 10.7 -65.1 303 38 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16572 -76.8 -81.9 44 5.2 -76.8 273 23 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.35 m Freezing level: 558.11 mb = 5047.84 m = 16560.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.77 mb = 2862.72 m = 9392.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.24 mb = 259.24 m = 850.53 ft T: 23.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 33.35 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 951.93 m = 3123.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 13.07 C K Index: -17.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.98 mb = 715.39 m = 2347.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.98 mb = 5132.55 m = 16838.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.98 mb = 12015.52 m = 39420.52 ft B at Equ Level: 677.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.98 mb = 14940.72 m = 49017.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.5 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 198.5 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 27.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 202.36 Bulk Shear: 3.37 m/s