MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.20,-100.17 Latitude: 31.20 Longitude: -100.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 587 SFC 945 635 24.3 11.9 46 12.4 16.4 197 7 302.3 304.0 291.7 329.9 9.28 3 900 1056 20.0 10.5 54 9.5 14.1 201 10 302.1 303.8 291.3 328.6 8.90 4 850 1547 17.6 8.1 54 9.4 11.9 190 8 304.6 306.0 291.3 328.6 8.01 5 800 2062 13.5 6.2 62 7.2 9.2 144 7 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.1 7.47 6 750 2602 9.3 5.1 75 4.2 6.8 100 8 306.6 308.0 291.4 328.9 7.35 7 700 3170 5.5 0.9 72 4.6 3.1 79 15 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.6 5.86 8 650 3773 2.9 -15.2 25 18.1 -3.8 110 11 312.2 312.6 288.1 318.1 1.80 9 600 4417 -0.0 -28.0 10 28.0 -7.7 146 7 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.3 0.64 10 550 5109 -3.6 -17.5 33 14.0 -8.5 137 11 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.75 11 500 5855 -7.7 -9.4 88 1.6 -8.4 164 24 323.6 324.4 293.3 336.1 3.76 12 450 6669 -12.1 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.5 181 29 328.0 328.6 294.0 338.6 3.11 13 400 7560 -17.8 -17.9 99 0.1 -17.9 210 25 331.8 332.3 294.3 340.0 2.34 14 350 8545 -25.2 -25.5 97 0.3 -25.2 209 18 334.8 335.1 294.3 339.8 1.38 15 300 9646 -33.4 -34.8 87 1.5 -33.6 242 26 338.3 338.5 294.5 340.8 0.66 16 250 10899 -43.7 -43.9 98 0.2 -43.7 224 49 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.31 17 200 12358 -54.5 -66.9 20 12.3 -54.8 246 61 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14160 -64.3 -73.7 26 9.4 -64.3 251 22 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16595 -69.9 -82.6 14 12.7 -70.0 191 12 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.26 m Freezing level: 600.63 mb = 4408.74 m = 14464.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.82 mb = 3432.13 m = 11260.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.59 mb = 2203.20 m = 7228.27 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 10.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2965.84 m = 9730.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.58 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.86 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5716.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.15 mb = 2390.65 m = 7843.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 178.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 13.24 m/s