MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 29.46,-97.6 Latitude: 29.46 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 998 118 23.8 21.7 88 2.1 22.3 174 11 297.2 300.2 295.6 345.2 16.60 2 950 546 21.9 20.0 89 1.9 20.6 178 27 299.4 302.2 295.6 345.1 15.67 3 900 1016 20.5 15.4 72 5.1 17.1 187 27 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.2 12.35 4 850 1509 17.6 14.4 82 3.2 15.5 194 19 304.6 306.9 294.6 341.1 12.25 5 800 2025 14.4 12.2 87 2.2 13.0 210 14 306.5 308.6 294.4 340.4 11.25 6 750 2569 11.0 9.7 92 1.3 10.2 226 13 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.2 10.11 7 700 3143 8.5 4.8 77 3.7 6.3 230 14 311.9 313.4 293.3 335.8 7.71 8 650 3752 4.5 0.9 78 3.5 2.5 229 18 314.0 315.3 292.7 333.9 6.32 9 600 4399 -0.6 -2.5 87 1.9 -1.6 228 23 315.4 316.4 292.3 332.2 5.31 10 550 5088 -5.6 -7.9 84 2.3 -6.6 232 26 317.4 318.2 291.7 329.8 3.84 11 500 5830 -9.4 -16.6 56 7.2 -11.9 237 30 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.09 12 450 6636 -14.6 -22.0 53 7.4 -16.7 232 44 324.8 325.1 291.7 329.9 1.46 13 400 7518 -20.4 -21.5 91 1.1 -20.7 233 56 328.5 328.9 292.9 334.5 1.72 14 350 8495 -26.3 -26.5 98 0.2 -26.3 243 62 333.3 333.5 293.8 337.8 1.25 15 300 9591 -34.5 -34.6 98 0.2 -34.5 251 63 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.3 0.67 16 250 10836 -45.3 -45.3 99 0.1 -45.3 253 63 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.27 17 200 12285 -56.9 -57.3 94 0.5 -56.9 252 66 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.08 18 150 14051 -67.4 -72.9 46 5.4 -67.5 254 58 353.9 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16491 -70.1 -83.6 12 13.5 -70.1 253 38 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.70 m Freezing level: 606.18 mb = 4318.74 m = 14168.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.04 mb = 4146.27 m = 13603.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.88 mb = 382.87 m = 1256.12 ft T: 22.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 12.53 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1532.18 m = 5026.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 37.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1064.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.41 mb = 925.54 m = 3036.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.41 mb = 2408.38 m = 7901.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.41 mb = 12459.03 m = 40875.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1059.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.41 mb = 15680.62 m = 51444.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -28.4 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 39.72 Bulk Shear: 26.81 m/s