MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 30.86,-100.63 Latitude: 30.86 Longitude: -100.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 533 SFC 930 718 24.4 11.9 46 12.5 16.4 163 14 303.8 305.5 292.3 332.0 9.47 3 900 1006 23.3 11.2 47 12.1 15.5 167 27 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.6 9.33 4 850 1502 19.9 10.2 53 9.7 13.7 175 37 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.9 9.22 5 800 2021 15.5 8.9 65 6.6 11.4 181 33 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.9 8.98 6 750 2567 14.5 0.3 38 14.2 6.8 202 22 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.7 5.23 7 700 3146 10.8 -2.7 38 13.6 3.8 225 17 314.5 315.3 291.3 328.7 4.47 8 650 3759 5.9 -5.5 43 11.5 0.4 234 18 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.2 3.89 9 600 4407 0.2 -4.4 71 4.6 -2.1 240 19 316.3 317.2 292.0 331.0 4.59 10 550 5098 -5.1 -5.7 95 0.6 -5.4 236 21 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.54 11 500 5841 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.4 -10.6 237 28 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.2 3.18 12 450 6645 -15.4 -18.7 76 3.2 -16.4 237 36 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.5 1.95 13 400 7524 -21.3 -22.7 88 1.4 -21.7 247 40 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.6 1.54 14 350 8496 -27.9 -28.1 99 0.1 -27.9 251 47 331.1 331.3 293.1 335.0 1.09 15 300 9584 -36.5 -36.6 99 0.1 -36.5 249 50 333.9 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.55 16 250 10818 -47.2 -47.2 100 0.0 -47.1 260 60 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 17 200 12255 -59.1 -59.7 93 0.6 -59.2 264 72 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.06 18 150 14026 -62.0 -75.1 16 13.2 -62.1 265 62 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16487 -69.2 -83.8 10 14.6 -69.3 265 32 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.59 m Freezing level: 598.38 mb = 4429.88 m = 14533.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.47 mb = 3865.67 m = 12682.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.15 mb = 2298.81 m = 7541.92 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.23 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.18 mb = 3693.04 m = 12116.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.94 C = 96.69 F Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 356.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.64 mb = 2593.48 m = 8508.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.64 mb = 5060.39 m = 16602.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.64 mb = 8039.55 m = 26376.15 ft B at Equ Level: 71.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.64 mb = 9987.54 m = 32767.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.7 neg: -11.1 tot: 155.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.39 Bulk Shear: 51.85 m/s