MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 28.69,-94.01 Latitude: 28.69 Longitude: -94.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 26.5 21.8 75 4.7 23.1 164 3 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.8 16.49 1 1000 94 25.9 20.8 74 5.1 22.3 164 3 299.1 301.9 295.4 344.8 15.68 2 950 544 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.5 198 5 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.8 13.80 3 900 1014 19.6 16.3 81 3.3 17.4 225 8 301.7 304.1 294.3 340.1 13.04 4 850 1505 16.8 14.6 87 2.1 15.4 239 11 303.7 306.0 294.5 340.6 12.42 5 800 2021 14.1 12.9 93 1.2 13.3 249 13 306.1 308.3 294.7 341.4 11.74 6 750 2564 11.4 10.7 96 0.6 10.9 262 15 308.9 310.9 294.8 341.9 10.85 7 700 3139 8.3 7.8 97 0.5 8.0 274 17 311.7 313.5 294.6 341.1 9.56 8 650 3749 4.9 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 280 18 314.5 316.0 294.3 340.0 8.18 9 600 4399 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 276 18 317.6 318.9 294.1 339.0 6.74 10 550 5096 -2.3 -3.2 93 0.9 -2.8 265 23 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.1 5.48 11 500 5848 -6.4 -7.0 96 0.6 -6.7 258 28 325.2 326.1 294.4 340.3 4.54 12 450 6666 -10.4 -12.1 87 1.8 -11.1 262 31 330.2 330.9 294.7 341.7 3.36 13 400 7565 -15.8 -19.3 74 3.6 -16.9 267 31 334.5 334.9 294.7 341.8 2.07 14 350 8558 -22.7 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.3 267 34 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.3 1.42 15 300 9670 -30.8 -32.7 84 1.9 -31.2 257 33 341.9 342.1 295.5 345.0 0.82 16 250 10936 -41.3 -42.3 90 1.0 -41.4 255 35 344.7 344.7 295.8 346.1 0.37 17 200 12410 -53.8 -56.0 76 2.3 -53.8 245 37 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.10 18 150 14196 -68.3 -68.8 93 0.5 -68.4 266 49 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 19 100 16555 -74.9 -82.7 29 7.8 -75.0 279 25 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.32 m Freezing level: 582.33 mb = 4645.34 m = 15240.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.24 mb = 4571.31 m = 14997.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.95 mb = 599.61 m = 1967.22 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 6.63 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.93 mb = 1475.19 m = 4839.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.46 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 37.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.64 mb = 1045.93 m = 3431.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.64 mb = 3119.62 m = 10234.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.64 mb = 6467.93 m = 21219.97 ft B at Equ Level: 72.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.64 mb = 8732.54 m = 28649.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 31.94 m/s