MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 33.56,-99.43 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -99.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 968 421 28.0 11.8 37 16.2 17.6 344 10 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.8 9.01 2 950 588 25.0 10.9 41 14.1 16.1 340 13 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.4 8.66 3 900 1059 20.3 10.0 51 10.3 13.9 333 13 302.5 304.0 291.2 328.0 8.60 4 850 1548 15.7 9.1 65 6.5 11.7 326 14 302.5 304.1 291.2 328.1 8.59 5 800 2059 10.8 8.2 84 2.6 9.3 321 14 302.7 304.3 291.2 328.3 8.58 6 750 2594 7.2 6.0 92 1.2 6.5 300 17 304.4 305.8 291.1 327.9 7.84 7 700 3161 6.2 -4.9 45 11.2 1.0 287 26 309.4 310.1 289.1 321.2 3.78 8 650 3767 4.4 -12.2 29 16.7 -2.4 288 31 314.0 314.4 289.2 321.5 2.30 9 600 4414 1.3 -18.6 21 20.0 -5.7 285 35 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.6 1.46 10 550 5109 -2.9 -28.3 12 25.4 -9.8 285 34 320.7 320.8 289.7 323.1 0.68 11 500 5856 -8.1 -33.4 11 25.3 -13.8 283 38 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.46 12 450 6665 -12.4 -41.3 7 28.9 -17.5 275 52 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 13 400 7556 -17.8 -44.6 8 26.8 -21.8 271 59 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.18 14 350 8539 -25.5 -49.9 8 24.4 -28.0 271 61 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 15 300 9636 -34.3 -53.9 12 19.6 -35.7 269 65 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 16 250 10889 -42.0 -62.1 9 20.1 -42.8 267 68 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12369 -51.5 -68.6 11 17.2 -51.8 271 68 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14185 -63.4 -78.1 12 14.7 -63.5 285 63 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16629 -70.5 -82.6 15 12.1 -70.5 284 24 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.83 m Freezing level: 584.36 mb = 4631.48 m = 15194.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.67 mb = 3330.34 m = 10926.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.52 mb = 2435.24 m = 7989.54 ft T: 8.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 7.00 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.30 mb = 2546.83 m = 8355.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 21.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6839.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.42 mb = 2360.75 m = 7745.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -3.0 tot: 34.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 54.45 m/s