MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 23.98,-96.87 Latitude: 23.98 Longitude: -96.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 29.7 25.0 76 4.8 26.2 123 11 301.7 305.4 298.9 360.9 20.01 1 1000 117 28.6 23.5 74 5.0 24.9 124 12 301.7 305.1 298.0 356.6 18.59 2 950 572 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 124 12 301.8 305.2 298.0 356.3 18.46 3 900 1045 21.8 17.9 78 3.9 19.1 128 11 304.0 306.6 296.0 346.9 14.45 4 850 1541 20.1 13.1 64 7.0 15.4 128 9 307.2 309.3 294.6 341.0 11.21 5 800 2062 17.5 9.1 58 8.5 12.2 126 8 309.8 311.5 293.7 337.6 9.08 6 750 2611 14.5 5.7 55 8.9 9.2 120 9 312.4 313.8 293.4 336.2 7.68 7 700 3191 10.9 2.2 55 8.7 6.0 114 9 314.6 315.8 293.0 334.8 6.42 8 650 3805 6.8 -3.0 50 9.8 1.7 112 8 316.6 317.5 292.2 331.7 4.70 9 600 4457 2.6 -8.3 44 10.9 -2.3 123 6 319.2 319.8 291.8 330.3 3.41 10 550 5156 -1.3 -13.7 38 12.4 -6.2 117 6 322.6 323.1 291.9 330.7 2.42 11 500 5912 -2.9 -28.5 12 25.6 -10.2 75 9 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.73 12 450 6739 -8.2 -30.3 15 22.1 -13.9 77 6 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.5 0.69 13 400 7641 -15.1 -30.6 25 15.5 -18.8 30 12 335.4 335.5 293.9 338.1 0.75 14 350 8635 -22.8 -39.1 21 16.3 -25.4 25 11 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.4 0.37 15 300 9747 -30.3 -49.0 14 18.7 -32.2 1 14 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.15 16 250 11014 -41.1 -54.6 22 13.5 -41.8 344 13 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.09 17 200 12491 -52.7 -59.2 45 6.5 -52.9 4 8 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14289 -65.4 -72.5 37 7.1 -65.5 346 16 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16667 -78.3 -81.5 60 3.2 -78.3 21 16 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.81 m Freezing level: 566.26 mb = 4928.46 m = 16169.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.74 mb = 4075.79 m = 13371.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 34.30 C = 93.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.31 mb = 606.12 m = 1988.57 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 30.56 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1320.38 m = 4331.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.99 C K Index: 27.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1516.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.48 mb = 857.63 m = 2813.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.48 mb = 2673.18 m = 8770.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.48 mb = 14105.21 m = 46276.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1501.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 147.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -2.6 tot: -0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1204.60 Bulk Shear: 1.26 m/s