MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-95.74 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -95.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 25 22.9 21.4 91 1.6 21.9 170 9 295.3 298.2 294.7 341.5 16.09 1 1000 105 23.4 21.3 88 2.1 21.9 170 15 296.6 299.5 295.1 343.3 16.19 2 950 553 21.3 19.5 90 1.8 20.1 182 26 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.1 15.21 3 900 1021 19.0 16.3 84 2.7 17.1 192 26 301.1 303.5 294.1 339.4 13.03 4 850 1511 16.5 12.3 77 4.1 13.8 201 24 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.1 10.66 5 800 2025 13.7 7.1 64 6.6 9.7 210 23 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.8 7.93 6 750 2566 10.7 1.1 51 9.6 5.5 216 21 308.2 309.2 290.3 325.2 5.52 7 700 3138 7.4 -2.6 49 10.0 2.4 219 20 310.7 311.6 290.2 324.9 4.51 8 650 3744 3.9 -5.8 49 9.6 -0.7 224 18 313.3 314.1 290.4 325.5 3.82 9 600 4389 -0.7 -7.4 60 6.8 -3.7 228 20 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.1 3.64 10 550 5079 -4.8 -17.1 37 12.3 -9.1 230 30 318.4 318.7 290.1 324.5 1.82 11 500 5823 -8.7 -23.7 29 15.0 -13.0 236 43 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.3 1.13 12 450 6631 -13.5 -25.1 37 11.5 -16.6 237 53 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.1 1.11 13 400 7516 -19.3 -24.4 64 5.1 -20.7 241 60 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.6 1.32 14 350 8497 -25.5 -28.3 78 2.7 -26.1 251 63 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.2 1.06 15 300 9596 -34.2 -36.7 78 2.5 -34.5 255 64 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.3 0.55 16 250 10842 -44.8 -46.3 85 1.4 -44.9 259 63 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.4 0.24 17 200 12293 -57.0 -57.6 93 0.6 -57.1 269 56 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 18 150 14055 -67.9 -72.9 48 5.1 -67.9 255 59 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 19 100 16488 -69.6 -83.6 11 14.0 -69.7 252 43 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.88 m Freezing level: 607.33 mb = 4294.77 m = 14090.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.21 mb = 3604.18 m = 11824.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.87 mb = 220.10 m = 722.09 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1132.97 m = 3717.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 27.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.71 mb = 730.14 m = 2395.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.71 mb = 2176.27 m = 7139.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.71 mb = 12110.34 m = 39731.60 ft B at Equ Level: 727.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.71 mb = 15115.15 m = 49589.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 125.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 22.05 Bulk Shear: 33.02 m/s