MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 30.26,-96.89 Latitude: 30.26 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 997 121 23.0 20.7 87 2.4 21.3 175 9 296.4 299.2 294.6 341.3 15.55 2 950 545 23.6 17.9 70 5.7 19.6 193 27 301.1 303.7 294.6 341.3 13.67 3 900 1016 21.0 15.2 70 5.7 17.1 209 25 303.1 305.4 294.1 339.3 12.19 4 850 1508 17.2 13.5 79 3.7 14.8 224 23 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.5 11.53 5 800 2024 13.9 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 238 23 305.9 307.9 293.7 337.4 10.47 6 750 2566 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.3 249 25 308.2 309.9 293.4 336.5 9.33 7 700 3139 7.1 5.0 87 2.1 5.9 255 28 310.4 311.8 292.9 334.5 7.86 8 650 3745 3.4 0.8 83 2.6 2.0 256 30 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.3 6.23 9 600 4390 -0.8 -3.8 80 3.0 -2.3 249 31 315.2 316.1 291.9 330.6 4.83 10 550 5079 -5.8 -8.4 82 2.6 -7.0 242 32 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.1 3.69 11 500 5819 -11.0 -13.2 84 2.2 -11.8 241 34 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.8 2.77 12 450 6620 -16.1 -18.3 83 2.2 -16.8 244 40 323.0 323.4 291.7 329.9 2.01 13 400 7497 -22.0 -23.7 86 1.7 -22.4 244 47 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.41 14 350 8465 -28.7 -30.2 87 1.5 -29.0 245 56 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.3 0.89 15 300 9552 -36.0 -37.5 86 1.5 -36.2 243 70 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.6 0.51 16 250 10792 -45.4 -48.1 75 2.6 -45.6 246 79 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.20 17 200 12241 -56.8 -60.0 67 3.2 -56.9 243 73 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14027 -63.0 -77.1 13 14.1 -63.1 246 66 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16478 -69.4 -83.1 12 13.8 -69.5 247 41 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.06 m Freezing level: 609.41 mb = 4268.61 m = 14004.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.85 mb = 4037.25 m = 13245.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.43 mb = 421.76 m = 1383.69 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 12.58 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1742.23 m = 5715.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 991.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.00 mb = 1209.56 m = 3968.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.00 mb = 2621.76 m = 8601.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.00 mb = 11476.30 m = 37651.45 ft B at Equ Level: 988.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.00 mb = 14663.75 m = 48108.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.16 Bulk Shear: 57.81 m/s