MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 28.25,-98.83 Latitude: 28.25 Longitude: -98.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 996 122 33.3 18.0 40 15.3 22.5 175 13 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.4 13.14 2 950 541 27.0 16.9 54 10.1 20.1 179 16 304.6 307.0 295.1 343.1 12.89 3 900 1016 22.5 15.8 66 6.6 17.9 182 17 304.7 307.0 294.9 342.5 12.67 4 850 1510 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 186 16 305.0 307.3 294.7 341.8 12.30 5 800 2029 18.8 1.8 32 17.0 9.3 217 14 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.2 5.45 6 750 2579 15.0 3.9 47 11.2 8.5 236 11 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.9 6.74 7 700 3158 9.9 2.1 58 7.8 5.5 277 14 313.5 314.7 292.6 333.5 6.38 8 650 3769 5.9 -9.7 32 15.6 -1.0 285 16 315.6 316.2 290.2 324.8 2.82 9 600 4419 1.9 -16.9 23 18.8 -5.1 280 19 318.3 318.6 290.0 324.0 1.69 10 550 5113 -3.4 -21.3 24 17.9 -9.1 276 21 320.0 320.3 290.1 324.4 1.27 11 500 5860 -8.0 -26.2 22 18.2 -12.9 289 24 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.5 0.90 12 450 6670 -13.4 -32.3 19 18.9 -17.5 298 24 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.57 13 400 7555 -19.6 -43.0 11 23.4 -23.0 298 28 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.21 14 350 8530 -28.0 -47.1 14 19.1 -29.9 297 30 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.16 15 300 9616 -36.5 -54.2 14 17.7 -37.6 276 34 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 16 250 10859 -43.9 -61.2 13 17.3 -44.5 271 48 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12325 -53.6 -68.0 16 14.3 -53.9 281 55 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14129 -63.7 -77.7 13 13.9 -63.8 275 34 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16553 -72.1 -82.6 19 10.5 -72.1 270 23 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.47 m Freezing level: 582.42 mb = 4663.27 m = 15299.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.51 mb = 3674.42 m = 12055.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.12 mb = 2048.75 m = 6721.55 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2829.75 m = 9283.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.61 C = 103.29 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 32.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 852.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.04 mb = 1879.83 m = 6167.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.04 mb = 3907.23 m = 12818.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.04 mb = 11434.10 m = 37513.00 ft B at Equ Level: 845.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.04 mb = 14582.92 m = 47843.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 16.73 Bulk Shear: 50.98 m/s