MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 30.27,-98.53 Latitude: 30.27 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 966 413 30.7 18.2 47 12.5 21.9 189 14 306.9 309.5 296.3 348.4 13.76 2 950 559 27.3 17.7 56 9.6 20.6 192 17 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.3 13.52 3 900 1034 22.5 16.6 69 5.9 18.5 197 17 304.7 307.2 295.4 344.5 13.35 4 850 1529 18.0 15.4 85 2.6 16.2 204 16 305.0 307.4 295.3 343.9 13.03 5 800 2045 13.6 13.0 96 0.6 13.2 212 15 305.6 307.8 294.6 341.1 11.81 6 750 2588 11.6 4.7 62 6.9 7.6 245 13 309.2 310.5 292.0 331.1 7.15 7 700 3162 7.4 -1.6 53 9.0 2.8 253 13 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.8 4.85 8 650 3767 2.9 -8.6 43 11.4 -2.1 251 17 312.2 312.8 289.4 322.1 3.08 9 600 4411 -0.1 -23.8 15 23.8 -7.3 257 17 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.2 0.93 10 550 5101 -4.4 -27.3 15 22.9 -10.6 261 15 318.8 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.74 11 500 5843 -9.8 -33.4 13 23.6 -14.9 267 17 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.46 12 450 6646 -15.9 -37.2 14 21.3 -19.6 264 19 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.35 13 400 7522 -21.8 -27.4 60 5.6 -23.1 275 20 326.6 326.8 291.7 330.2 1.01 14 350 8492 -29.0 -33.1 67 4.1 -29.6 261 22 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.2 0.67 15 300 9573 -38.1 -41.4 72 3.2 -38.4 256 20 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.34 16 250 10798 -49.3 -50.8 84 1.5 -49.3 237 22 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.14 17 200 12236 -56.3 -67.2 24 10.8 -56.5 248 34 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14030 -62.4 -76.7 13 14.2 -62.6 252 45 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16499 -68.1 -83.0 10 15.0 -68.1 265 23 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.63 m Freezing level: 601.11 mb = 4396.31 m = 14423.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.48 mb = 3501.17 m = 11486.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.70 mb = 1984.84 m = 6511.86 ft T: 14.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 29.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1856.16 m = 6089.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1931.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.29 mb = 1800.96 m = 5908.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.29 mb = 1957.57 m = 6422.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.29 mb = 12612.19 m = 41378.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1905.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.29 mb = 16014.37 m = 52539.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 85.36 Bulk Shear: 22.62 m/s