MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 30.84,-97.27 Latitude: 30.84 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 992 166 25.0 19.3 71 5.6 21.1 176 14 298.8 301.4 294.5 340.7 14.38 2 950 543 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.6 178 28 300.5 303.0 294.7 341.4 13.98 3 900 1014 21.2 14.9 68 6.2 17.0 191 28 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.8 11.95 4 850 1507 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.8 207 22 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.6 11.30 5 800 2023 14.0 10.8 81 3.2 12.0 225 19 306.0 307.9 293.5 336.8 10.22 6 750 2566 10.7 7.0 78 3.8 8.5 241 18 308.2 309.8 292.7 333.8 8.40 7 700 3139 8.0 2.9 70 5.1 5.1 250 21 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.3 6.76 8 650 3747 4.2 -0.5 71 4.7 1.7 248 21 313.7 314.7 292.1 331.5 5.67 9 600 4392 -1.2 -3.2 86 2.1 -2.2 243 21 314.8 315.7 291.9 330.7 5.02 10 550 5081 -5.8 -7.0 92 1.2 -6.3 238 26 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.5 4.12 11 500 5821 -10.6 -12.1 89 1.5 -11.2 233 33 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.2 3.04 12 450 6624 -15.5 -16.8 90 1.3 -15.9 232 38 323.8 324.2 292.1 331.5 2.29 13 400 7503 -21.1 -21.4 98 0.3 -21.2 235 44 327.5 327.9 292.7 333.5 1.73 14 350 8475 -28.1 -28.2 99 0.1 -28.1 240 53 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.8 1.07 15 300 9562 -36.6 -36.6 100 0.0 -36.5 242 56 333.8 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.55 16 250 10798 -46.6 -46.9 96 0.3 -46.6 244 65 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.22 17 200 12239 -58.2 -60.0 80 1.8 -58.3 244 76 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.06 18 150 14024 -61.7 -78.0 10 16.3 -61.8 252 60 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16485 -68.9 -83.5 11 14.5 -69.0 254 36 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.88 m Freezing level: 611.02 mb = 4249.98 m = 13943.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 4017.58 m = 13180.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.48 mb = 884.45 m = 2901.70 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1872.99 m = 6144.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 913.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.40 mb = 1312.48 m = 4305.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.40 mb = 3323.56 m = 10903.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.40 mb = 12098.49 m = 39692.71 ft B at Equ Level: 911.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.40 mb = 14690.40 m = 48196.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 18.20 Bulk Shear: 50.21 m/s