MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512131200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512131200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 17 DEC 25 Station: 28.4,-99.1 Latitude: 28.40 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 998 133 19.4 18.0 92 1.4 18.4 114 8 292.6 295.0 291.7 329.8 13.10 2 950 560 17.7 16.9 95 0.9 17.2 149 18 295.2 297.5 292.3 332.0 12.83 3 900 1022 15.6 14.1 91 1.5 14.7 176 19 297.6 299.6 291.8 330.4 11.32 4 850 1506 12.5 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 182 25 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.5 10.35 5 800 2014 11.2 7.8 80 3.4 9.2 193 22 303.1 304.6 291.1 327.9 8.33 6 750 2554 10.9 2.6 57 8.2 6.3 220 16 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.3 6.17 7 700 3126 6.8 -0.3 61 7.0 3.1 221 14 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.6 5.36 8 650 3730 1.7 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.4 234 16 310.9 311.8 290.6 326.0 4.81 9 600 4370 -3.1 -8.4 67 5.3 -5.4 245 22 312.5 313.1 289.8 323.3 3.38 10 550 5052 -8.3 -11.0 81 2.7 -9.4 255 25 314.3 314.8 290.0 324.0 3.00 11 500 5785 -13.0 -15.6 80 2.7 -13.9 250 32 317.2 317.7 290.2 324.7 2.26 12 450 6581 -18.1 -22.6 68 4.4 -19.3 240 34 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.2 1.39 13 400 7449 -24.3 -40.0 22 15.6 -26.4 245 31 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.30 14 350 8407 -32.0 -40.5 43 8.5 -32.9 235 45 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.32 15 300 9483 -37.6 -48.0 33 10.4 -38.4 237 65 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.17 16 250 10717 -45.5 -56.5 28 11.0 -46.0 234 75 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12168 -56.8 -59.1 75 2.3 -56.9 237 81 342.7 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.07 18 150 13976 -59.4 -80.2 5 20.8 -59.6 261 28 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16460 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 343 13 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.57 m Freezing level: 632.17 mb = 3957.72 m = 12984.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.39 mb = 3649.94 m = 11974.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.52 mb = 305.29 m = 1001.58 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 1012.67 m = 3322.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 30.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.57 mb = 727.24 m = 2385.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.57 mb = 1539.72 m = 5051.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.57 mb = 1639.29 m = 5378.19 ft B at Equ Level: 18.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 776.57 mb = 2262.77 m = 7423.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 166.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 4.91 Bulk Shear: 11.91 m/s