MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 29.80,-98.89 Latitude: 29.80 Longitude: -98.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 960 433 31.6 13.0 32 18.5 19.2 186 12 308.3 310.1 293.9 338.2 9.87 2 950 526 29.5 12.8 36 16.7 18.4 186 15 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.79 3 900 1003 24.5 11.8 45 12.7 16.3 185 18 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.2 9.73 4 850 1500 19.8 10.9 57 8.9 14.1 184 18 306.8 308.7 293.3 336.0 9.67 5 800 2019 14.8 9.8 72 5.0 11.7 184 17 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.9 9.58 6 750 2561 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 8.9 186 17 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.3 9.27 7 700 3134 8.9 0.6 56 8.2 4.4 219 14 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.2 5.72 8 650 3743 4.6 1.3 79 3.3 2.8 227 19 314.2 315.4 292.9 334.6 6.49 9 600 4391 -0.4 -2.1 88 1.7 -1.3 236 29 315.6 316.7 292.5 333.0 5.46 10 550 5080 -5.6 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.5 242 29 317.4 318.1 291.7 330.0 3.89 11 500 5822 -10.0 -16.2 61 6.2 -12.2 240 32 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.1 2.16 12 450 6626 -15.4 -22.7 54 7.2 -17.4 236 40 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.6 1.38 13 400 7504 -21.6 -28.1 56 6.5 -22.9 231 51 327.0 327.2 291.8 330.4 0.95 14 350 8474 -28.5 -28.9 97 0.4 -28.6 233 58 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.9 1.00 15 300 9561 -36.1 -36.4 97 0.3 -36.1 236 69 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.7 0.56 16 250 10801 -45.9 -46.0 99 0.1 -45.9 235 75 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12248 -57.1 -63.3 45 6.2 -57.2 241 84 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14025 -64.1 -76.0 18 12.0 -64.2 250 68 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16480 -68.3 -83.8 9 15.5 -68.4 247 35 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.24 m Freezing level: 604.23 mb = 4335.79 m = 14224.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.58 mb = 4183.14 m = 13724.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.67 mb = 2743.61 m = 9001.24 ft T: 9.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.89 mb = 3277.16 m = 10751.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.20 mb = 2614.09 m = 8576.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.20 mb = 4254.18 m = 13957.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.20 mb = 9556.62 m = 31353.36 ft B at Equ Level: 295.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.20 mb = 12558.02 m = 41200.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.1 neg: -4.4 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.74 Bulk Shear: 25.25 m/s