MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 30.48,-96.28 Latitude: 30.48 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 25.2 22.1 83 3.1 23.0 184 13 298.2 301.2 296.1 347.4 16.96 1 1000 109 24.8 21.7 83 3.1 22.6 185 14 297.9 300.9 295.7 345.9 16.52 2 950 557 20.6 20.2 98 0.4 20.3 188 22 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.0 15.84 3 900 1024 19.3 14.0 71 5.3 15.8 195 26 301.4 303.4 292.9 334.4 11.21 4 850 1515 17.6 11.9 69 5.7 13.9 199 21 304.5 306.5 293.2 335.4 10.34 5 800 2031 14.7 8.7 67 6.1 11.0 199 16 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.6 8.83 6 750 2575 11.9 0.6 46 11.3 5.8 217 13 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.1 5.33 7 700 3148 8.1 -0.4 55 8.5 3.6 273 16 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.0 5.31 8 650 3756 4.0 -7.6 42 11.6 -1.2 282 23 313.5 314.1 290.0 324.2 3.32 9 600 4402 1.0 -22.5 15 23.5 -6.5 273 28 317.2 317.4 289.0 320.8 1.05 10 550 5096 -3.5 -19.1 29 15.5 -8.8 269 34 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.1 1.54 11 500 5840 -9.3 -24.3 28 15.0 -13.5 264 38 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.5 1.07 12 450 6646 -14.8 -28.8 29 14.0 -18.0 264 39 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.5 0.79 13 400 7526 -21.4 -28.0 55 6.6 -22.8 264 35 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.6 0.96 14 350 8495 -29.5 -33.8 66 4.3 -30.2 268 29 328.9 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.62 15 300 9575 -37.8 -45.7 44 7.8 -38.5 278 23 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.21 16 250 10814 -44.8 -59.6 18 14.8 -45.3 278 45 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 17 200 12280 -52.3 -69.5 11 17.2 -52.7 275 51 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14090 -63.8 -77.0 15 13.2 -64.0 276 44 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16530 -69.8 -83.0 13 13.2 -69.9 267 18 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.58 m Freezing level: 589.27 mb = 4550.93 m = 14930.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.60 mb = 3598.31 m = 11805.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.67 mb = 477.28 m = 1565.85 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.85 mb = 1536.32 m = 5040.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1042.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.24 mb = 812.87 m = 2666.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.24 mb = 3062.89 m = 10048.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.24 mb = 11157.98 m = 36607.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.24 mb = 14625.49 m = 47983.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: -39.0 tot: 51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 16.90 Bulk Shear: 61.67 m/s