MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511130000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511130000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 25 NOV 25 Station: 30.7,-101.7 Latitude: 30.70 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 481 SFC 921 755 22.8 16.5 67 6.4 18.5 140 15 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.3 12.90 3 900 952 22.3 15.8 67 6.5 17.8 145 25 304.5 306.8 294.8 342.1 12.62 4 850 1447 19.7 12.3 62 7.4 14.8 165 32 306.8 308.7 294.0 338.8 10.62 5 800 1967 17.0 6.3 49 10.7 10.6 187 32 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.3 7.51 6 750 2514 12.9 2.0 48 10.9 6.8 199 34 310.6 311.7 291.4 328.9 5.91 7 700 3089 8.6 -3.1 44 11.7 2.7 214 41 312.0 312.9 290.5 325.8 4.35 8 650 3696 3.2 -5.0 55 8.3 -0.7 219 46 312.6 313.4 290.4 325.5 4.05 9 600 4338 -2.6 -6.4 75 3.8 -4.3 221 51 313.1 313.8 290.5 325.6 3.94 10 550 5023 -5.9 -18.2 37 12.4 -10.0 219 65 317.1 317.5 289.6 322.7 1.65 11 500 5763 -11.0 -25.9 28 14.9 -14.8 221 66 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.9 0.93 12 450 6563 -16.5 -31.7 26 15.2 -19.6 222 64 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.60 13 400 7436 -23.3 -34.6 35 11.3 -25.1 226 64 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.51 14 350 8399 -30.8 -40.6 38 9.8 -32.0 228 63 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.4 0.32 15 300 9472 -39.7 -47.3 44 7.6 -40.2 227 61 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 16 250 10691 -49.7 -53.4 65 3.7 -49.8 218 72 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12117 -58.8 -63.9 51 5.2 -58.9 214 70 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13904 -62.4 -78.3 10 15.9 -62.6 225 76 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16368 -66.4 -83.9 7 17.5 -66.5 225 65 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.96 m Freezing level: 622.34 mb = 4051.11 m = 13290.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.97 mb = 3571.16 m = 11716.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.17 mb = 1567.30 m = 5142.00 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.12 mb = 2806.45 m = 9207.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1396.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.66 mb = 2163.61 m = 7098.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.66 mb = 3366.56 m = 11045.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.66 mb = 12221.80 m = 40097.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1380.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.66 mb = 14931.81 m = 48988.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 430.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.18 Bulk Rich Number: 5.71 Bulk Shear: 244.46 m/s