MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 29.25,-96.50 Latitude: 29.25 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 29.6 19.6 55 10.0 22.6 173 15 302.1 304.7 295.4 344.6 14.41 1 1000 116 27.6 19.3 61 8.3 21.8 174 20 300.7 303.3 294.9 342.4 14.20 2 950 567 23.1 18.2 74 4.8 19.7 176 22 300.6 303.2 294.7 341.7 14.01 3 900 1037 18.7 17.2 91 1.5 17.7 179 22 300.8 303.3 294.7 341.6 13.88 4 850 1525 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 183 22 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.4 12.40 5 800 2039 13.3 10.2 81 3.1 11.3 194 24 305.3 307.1 293.0 334.7 9.80 6 750 2580 11.1 5.8 70 5.3 8.0 197 22 308.6 310.0 292.3 332.3 7.74 7 700 3154 9.1 -8.4 28 17.5 1.2 212 18 312.5 313.1 289.3 321.8 2.89 8 650 3764 5.9 -11.9 27 17.8 -1.6 237 15 315.6 316.1 289.8 323.4 2.37 9 600 4413 1.1 -12.6 35 13.7 -4.4 237 17 317.4 317.9 290.4 325.4 2.42 10 550 5106 -4.0 -13.7 47 9.7 -7.7 232 22 319.4 319.8 291.0 327.4 2.41 11 500 5851 -8.8 -18.7 44 10.0 -12.1 232 29 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.3 1.74 12 450 6659 -14.2 -24.1 43 10.0 -16.9 240 37 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.21 13 400 7542 -20.3 -30.2 41 9.9 -22.4 246 44 328.6 328.8 292.1 331.5 0.78 14 350 8516 -27.7 -38.1 37 10.4 -29.2 247 50 331.4 331.5 292.5 333.0 0.41 15 300 9606 -35.7 -44.7 39 9.1 -36.5 249 57 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.24 16 250 10848 -45.5 -53.3 41 7.8 -45.9 242 64 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.11 17 200 12293 -57.6 -61.6 60 4.0 -57.7 248 67 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 14075 -64.9 -75.4 22 10.5 -65.0 253 72 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16507 -71.3 -84.0 13 12.7 -71.3 256 42 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.17 m Freezing level: 588.80 mb = 4568.18 m = 14987.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.36 mb = 3412.10 m = 11194.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.30 mb = 1303.89 m = 4277.80 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 22.75 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1252.72 m = 4109.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.41 mb = 1186.02 m = 3891.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.41 mb = 1332.32 m = 4371.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 759.41 mb = 2475.67 m = 8122.17 ft B at Equ Level: 14.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 679.41 mb = 3399.42 m = 11152.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 60.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 39.64 Bulk Shear: 19.96 m/s