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: 30.68,-94.00 Latitude: 30.68 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 53 24.9 22.6 87 2.2 23.3 171 6 297.3 300.5 296.1 347.7 17.40 1 1000 124 23.9 21.6 87 2.3 22.3 172 11 297.1 300.1 295.4 344.8 16.49 2 950 571 20.6 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 182 18 298.1 300.8 294.7 341.7 15.05 3 900 1038 18.4 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 193 20 300.5 302.7 293.3 336.0 12.12 4 850 1527 16.2 9.5 65 6.7 12.1 202 18 303.1 304.7 291.5 329.3 8.80 5 800 2040 13.3 9.0 75 4.3 10.7 215 16 305.3 307.0 292.4 332.6 9.06 6 750 2581 9.9 3.5 64 6.4 6.3 225 16 307.3 308.6 291.0 327.4 6.57 7 700 3151 6.5 -2.1 54 8.6 2.1 239 18 309.7 310.6 290.0 324.2 4.67 8 650 3755 3.6 -11.7 32 15.3 -2.7 253 18 313.0 313.4 289.0 320.8 2.40 9 600 4401 0.4 -14.4 32 14.8 -5.3 263 21 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.5 2.09 10 550 5093 -3.6 -17.3 34 13.7 -8.4 263 29 319.8 320.2 290.5 325.9 1.79 11 500 5839 -9.0 -20.6 38 11.6 -12.6 262 32 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.1 1.48 12 450 6645 -14.7 -23.3 48 8.5 -17.1 266 34 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.3 1.30 13 400 7525 -21.5 -24.5 77 3.0 -22.2 271 39 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.32 14 350 8495 -29.0 -32.4 72 3.4 -29.5 267 47 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.4 0.72 15 300 9576 -38.1 -39.4 88 1.3 -38.2 258 51 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.42 16 250 10808 -45.3 -51.0 53 5.7 -45.6 267 35 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.14 17 200 12274 -52.6 -68.7 13 16.1 -52.9 281 44 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14086 -63.6 -77.3 14 13.6 -63.7 283 36 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16526 -69.5 -83.1 12 13.6 -69.6 281 18 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.25 m Freezing level: 594.81 mb = 4472.87 m = 14674.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.84 mb = 3413.31 m = 11198.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.22 mb = 333.55 m = 1094.30 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 1013.58 m = 3325.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 26.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1055.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.48 mb = 741.02 m = 2431.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.48 mb = 1972.14 m = 6470.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.48 mb = 11172.95 m = 36656.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1051.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.48 mb = 14654.54 m = 48078.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 23.72 Bulk Shear: 44.49 m/s