MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 29,-95.56 Latitude: 29.00 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 10 24.8 22.0 84 2.9 22.8 154 11 297.0 300.0 295.6 345.1 16.63 1 1000 113 24.7 21.6 83 3.2 22.5 156 18 297.9 300.9 295.6 345.6 16.42 2 950 562 21.0 20.2 95 0.8 20.4 160 24 298.5 301.3 295.4 344.5 15.83 3 900 1029 18.8 17.0 89 1.8 17.5 168 24 300.8 303.3 294.6 340.9 13.64 4 850 1519 16.6 12.5 77 4.1 13.9 174 23 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.5 10.76 5 800 2034 14.2 6.6 60 7.6 9.7 181 22 306.3 307.8 291.6 329.6 7.69 6 750 2577 11.7 2.8 54 8.9 6.7 189 21 309.3 310.5 291.3 328.6 6.25 7 700 3152 9.2 -3.4 41 12.6 2.9 201 20 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.1 4.25 8 650 3762 5.7 -11.1 29 16.8 -1.4 217 18 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.7 2.53 9 600 4411 1.8 -20.2 18 22.0 -5.7 231 19 318.2 318.5 289.5 322.6 1.28 10 550 5107 -2.3 -27.9 12 25.6 -9.4 232 27 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.9 0.70 11 500 5856 -7.1 -30.7 13 23.7 -12.9 234 34 324.4 324.6 290.7 326.6 0.59 12 450 6668 -13.0 -32.7 17 19.7 -17.3 234 39 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.54 13 400 7554 -19.5 -35.6 23 16.1 -22.4 235 43 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.46 14 350 8531 -26.9 -41.0 25 14.1 -28.7 236 49 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.30 15 300 9624 -34.8 -43.2 42 8.4 -35.7 240 57 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.4 0.28 16 250 10869 -45.2 -50.1 58 4.9 -45.4 238 63 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.16 17 200 12318 -57.0 -60.1 68 3.1 -57.1 251 69 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.06 18 150 14096 -67.0 -73.4 40 6.5 -67.0 244 70 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16518 -71.3 -83.6 14 12.3 -71.3 257 39 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.43 m Freezing level: 577.68 mb = 4721.84 m = 15491.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3553.48 m = 11658.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.64 mb = 373.56 m = 1225.58 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 22.96 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 873.03 m = 2864.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 23.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 893.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.61 mb = 684.39 m = 2245.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.61 mb = 3492.64 m = 11458.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.61 mb = 12583.34 m = 41283.44 ft B at Equ Level: 890.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.61 mb = 15349.21 m = 50357.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 25.55 Bulk Shear: 34.97 m/s