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: 29.67,-95.08 Latitude: 29.67 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 15 23.8 21.3 86 2.5 22.0 173 9 296.0 298.9 294.8 341.9 15.93 1 1000 110 23.7 20.9 84 2.9 21.8 173 16 296.9 299.7 294.9 342.3 15.73 2 950 557 20.7 19.1 90 1.6 19.6 179 24 298.2 300.9 294.6 341.1 14.76 3 900 1024 18.4 16.6 89 1.8 17.2 190 25 300.5 302.9 294.2 339.6 13.31 4 850 1514 16.0 12.8 81 3.2 13.9 201 23 302.9 304.9 293.2 335.5 11.00 5 800 2028 13.4 7.5 67 5.9 9.9 212 22 305.4 307.0 291.7 330.0 8.15 6 750 2568 10.4 1.8 55 8.6 5.7 219 21 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.8 5.82 7 700 3139 7.1 -2.2 51 9.3 2.4 222 20 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.9 4.65 8 650 3745 3.9 -8.8 39 12.7 -1.7 225 18 313.4 314.0 289.7 323.2 3.03 9 600 4390 -0.5 -11.3 44 10.7 -4.9 230 17 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.3 2.69 10 550 5080 -4.7 -21.4 26 16.7 -9.9 229 26 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.8 1.26 11 500 5823 -9.2 -25.8 25 16.6 -13.6 232 37 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.2 0.94 12 450 6630 -14.2 -29.0 28 14.7 -17.7 231 48 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.1 0.78 13 400 7513 -20.2 -27.9 51 7.6 -22.0 233 58 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.2 0.97 14 350 8490 -26.1 -29.5 73 3.5 -26.8 244 69 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.1 0.95 15 300 9587 -34.2 -36.5 79 2.3 -34.5 252 69 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.56 16 250 10834 -44.9 -46.6 84 1.6 -45.0 255 63 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.23 17 200 12283 -57.6 -57.7 99 0.1 -57.6 260 65 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.08 18 150 14045 -66.5 -72.9 40 6.4 -66.6 252 67 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16487 -69.2 -84.0 10 14.8 -69.3 253 42 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.27 m Freezing level: 605.98 mb = 4313.32 m = 14151.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.26 mb = 3494.26 m = 11463.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.69 mb = 333.53 m = 1094.24 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 19.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.07 mb = 1052.33 m = 3452.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 28.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.56 mb = 726.63 m = 2383.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.56 mb = 2276.68 m = 7469.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.56 mb = 12073.30 m = 39610.09 ft B at Equ Level: 619.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.56 mb = 14609.98 m = 47932.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 111.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 22.24 Bulk Shear: 27.97 m/s