MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 29.18,-95.63 Latitude: 29.18 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 16 29.0 21.5 64 7.5 23.6 203 15 302.0 305.0 296.6 350.0 16.28 1 1000 33 28.5 21.2 65 7.3 23.3 205 16 301.7 304.6 296.4 349.1 16.10 2 950 487 24.1 20.1 78 4.0 21.2 210 24 301.6 304.5 296.2 348.1 15.77 3 900 958 20.2 18.4 89 1.8 19.0 220 24 302.4 305.1 295.9 346.6 14.98 4 850 1451 17.0 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 230 23 304.0 306.5 295.4 344.5 13.63 5 800 1968 16.4 8.2 58 8.2 11.3 241 23 308.6 310.2 293.0 334.7 8.56 6 750 2516 14.7 0.6 38 14.1 6.9 236 28 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.2 5.34 7 700 3094 10.0 -1.2 46 11.2 4.1 233 32 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.3 4.99 8 650 3704 4.4 -6.6 45 11.0 -0.7 237 32 314.0 314.7 290.4 325.5 3.59 9 600 4349 0.1 -23.1 16 23.2 -7.1 255 33 316.3 316.5 288.6 319.7 0.99 10 550 5041 -4.0 -33.4 8 29.4 -10.9 259 36 319.4 319.4 289.0 320.9 0.42 11 500 5785 -9.1 -36.3 9 27.2 -14.7 261 32 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.34 12 450 6590 -14.9 -38.2 12 23.4 -19.0 254 30 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 13 400 7470 -21.3 -38.5 20 17.2 -24.0 255 33 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.34 14 350 8439 -29.5 -41.3 31 11.8 -30.9 257 38 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 15 300 9519 -37.6 -50.1 26 12.4 -38.5 246 37 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.13 16 250 10752 -46.1 -62.8 13 16.7 -46.7 240 57 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12205 -55.1 -69.2 16 14.1 -55.3 237 72 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14007 -62.7 -76.7 13 14.0 -62.8 238 71 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16451 -69.4 -83.0 12 13.6 -69.5 243 52 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.71 m Freezing level: 598.51 mb = 4370.04 m = 14337.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.20 mb = 3613.43 m = 11854.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.43 mb = 973.22 m = 3192.93 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.76 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1191.25 m = 3908.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2052.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.80 mb = 1027.42 m = 3370.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.80 mb = 1371.87 m = 4500.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.80 mb = 1573.86 m = 5163.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 817.80 mb = 1779.94 m = 5839.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 58.82 Bulk Shear: 34.89 m/s