MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511231200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511231200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 24 NOV 25 Station: 29.4,-96.8 Latitude: 29.40 Longitude: -96.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 76 26.4 20.4 70 6.0 22.2 196 14 299.4 302.2 295.3 343.9 15.25 1 1000 87 26.1 20.0 69 6.1 21.8 196 15 299.2 302.0 295.0 342.6 14.86 2 950 537 21.9 18.5 81 3.4 19.5 200 23 299.4 302.0 294.5 340.9 14.21 3 900 1005 18.2 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 205 26 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.0 13.21 4 850 1493 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.3 208 27 301.9 304.1 293.6 337.0 11.87 5 800 2006 13.0 9.0 76 4.0 10.6 207 27 305.0 306.7 292.3 332.2 9.04 6 750 2547 10.7 3.3 60 7.4 6.6 211 29 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.1 6.49 7 700 3119 8.0 -0.2 56 8.3 3.7 219 29 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.2 5.38 8 650 3728 4.3 -0.7 70 5.0 1.7 224 30 313.8 314.9 292.1 331.5 5.61 9 600 4374 -0.8 -3.3 83 2.5 -2.0 233 35 315.2 316.2 292.0 331.2 5.01 10 550 5062 -5.8 -10.7 69 4.8 -7.8 236 41 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.3 3.09 11 500 5803 -10.2 -22.1 37 11.9 -13.7 236 48 320.6 320.9 290.3 325.1 1.30 12 450 6606 -16.0 -25.3 45 9.3 -18.3 233 56 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.9 1.09 13 400 7480 -23.4 -28.4 63 5.0 -24.4 235 60 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.8 0.92 14 350 8441 -31.2 -33.8 78 2.6 -31.6 240 61 326.6 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.63 15 300 9513 -40.0 -41.8 83 1.7 -40.2 242 71 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.33 16 250 10732 -49.3 -57.7 37 8.4 -49.6 242 70 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12165 -56.4 -65.6 31 9.2 -56.6 248 64 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13987 -58.3 -81.9 3 23.5 -58.6 243 73 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16474 -69.6 -85.8 8 16.3 -69.6 255 42 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.62 m Freezing level: 607.50 mb = 4276.82 m = 14031.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.51 mb = 4011.85 m = 13162.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.28 mb = 830.97 m = 2726.26 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.81 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1156.45 m = 3794.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 30.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1474.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.31 mb = 1001.91 m = 3287.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.31 mb = 1340.74 m = 4398.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 755.31 mb = 2487.68 m = 8161.57 ft B at Equ Level: 10.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.31 mb = 14619.24 m = 47962.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 98.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 42.83 Bulk Shear: 8.30 m/s