MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 27.65,-98.17 Latitude: 27.65 Longitude: -98.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 22.8 22.2 97 0.6 22.4 153 6 295.3 298.3 295.3 344.0 16.95 1 1000 146 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 153 9 296.4 299.5 295.7 345.9 17.16 2 950 595 21.5 19.5 88 2.1 20.1 155 15 299.1 301.8 295.1 343.3 15.17 3 900 1063 20.2 12.6 61 7.6 15.3 166 13 302.4 304.3 292.4 332.7 10.23 4 850 1555 18.0 2.8 36 15.2 9.6 196 8 305.0 306.0 289.3 321.7 5.50 5 800 2070 15.2 -7.1 21 22.3 4.9 242 7 307.3 307.8 287.5 316.1 2.79 6 750 2614 13.8 -24.7 5 38.5 1.0 236 8 311.6 311.7 286.7 314.0 0.69 7 700 3193 12.5 -35.8 2 48.3 -0.7 218 8 316.3 316.3 287.8 317.2 0.26 8 650 3809 9.2 -38.0 2 47.2 -3.0 203 5 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.22 9 600 4465 4.8 -40.9 2 45.7 -5.8 171 4 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.18 10 550 5166 -0.7 -39.9 3 39.2 -9.3 216 4 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.22 11 500 5918 -6.3 -45.4 3 39.1 -13.3 277 11 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.13 12 450 6733 -11.5 -40.7 7 29.2 -16.9 320 15 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.24 13 400 7624 -18.4 -38.5 15 20.0 -21.9 334 18 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.34 14 350 8605 -25.9 -46.6 13 20.6 -28.3 332 23 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.17 15 300 9701 -34.2 -54.6 11 20.4 -35.6 332 28 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 16 250 10952 -43.9 -52.7 37 8.7 -44.4 316 42 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.12 17 200 12411 -54.8 -63.8 32 9.0 -55.0 307 47 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14199 -65.8 -76.1 22 10.3 -65.8 298 40 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16575 -77.9 -81.8 53 3.9 -77.9 291 23 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.99 m Freezing level: 556.49 mb = 5075.25 m = 16650.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.10 mb = 2943.46 m = 9656.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.43 mb = 151.24 m = 496.19 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 31.96 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1718.69 m = 5638.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.24 C = 91.84 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: 9.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 9.09 C K Index: -21.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 58.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 260.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 421.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.21 mb = 861.53 m = 2826.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 506.21 mb = 5820.87 m = 19097.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.21 mb = 11051.47 m = 36257.66 ft B at Equ Level: 259.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.21 mb = 13198.10 m = 43300.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 27.50 Bulk Shear: 9.48 m/s