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: 30.33,-94.92 Latitude: 30.33 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 44 22.7 20.4 87 2.3 21.1 155 9 295.2 298.0 294.0 338.8 15.19 1 1000 109 23.0 20.2 84 2.8 21.1 158 15 296.2 298.9 294.2 339.6 15.05 2 950 556 20.8 18.8 88 2.0 19.4 174 28 298.3 300.9 294.4 340.4 14.50 3 900 1023 18.7 16.1 85 2.6 17.0 189 27 300.8 303.1 294.0 338.6 12.88 4 850 1513 16.6 11.7 73 4.8 13.5 206 25 303.5 305.4 292.8 333.9 10.23 5 800 2027 13.5 8.3 71 5.2 10.3 219 24 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.5 8.63 6 750 2569 10.5 4.4 66 6.1 7.1 232 23 308.0 309.3 291.6 329.5 7.02 7 700 3140 7.3 -1.2 55 8.5 2.9 233 24 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.2 5.02 8 650 3747 4.5 -3.3 57 7.8 0.6 241 24 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.61 9 600 4394 -0.5 -4.0 77 3.5 -2.3 256 29 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.6 4.73 10 550 5084 -5.5 -9.0 76 3.5 -7.0 245 33 317.5 318.2 291.4 328.9 3.51 11 500 5825 -9.8 -19.7 44 9.9 -12.9 239 39 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.5 1.60 12 450 6630 -14.9 -25.6 39 10.8 -17.6 235 46 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.3 1.05 13 400 7511 -20.9 -25.3 68 4.4 -22.0 238 56 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.1 1.22 14 350 8484 -27.7 -28.7 91 1.0 -27.9 244 62 331.4 331.6 293.1 335.2 1.03 15 300 9574 -35.6 -37.6 82 2.0 -35.9 245 70 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.0 0.50 16 250 10815 -45.8 -46.9 88 1.1 -45.9 244 76 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.22 17 200 12260 -57.4 -58.3 90 0.9 -57.4 247 78 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 18 150 14043 -63.9 -76.7 16 12.8 -64.0 248 68 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16485 -69.7 -83.6 12 13.9 -69.8 249 44 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.29 m Freezing level: 605.31 mb = 4325.44 m = 14190.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.45 mb = 3879.56 m = 12728.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.98 mb = 329.73 m = 1081.78 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.21 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1382.12 m = 4534.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 630.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.11 mb = 794.65 m = 2607.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.11 mb = 2802.66 m = 9194.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.11 mb = 11379.89 m = 37335.14 ft B at Equ Level: 626.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.11 mb = 14078.48 m = 46188.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 226.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 7.77 Bulk Shear: 81.18 m/s