MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 29.41,-98.53 Latitude: 29.41 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 989 237 25.0 19.5 72 5.5 21.2 32 9 299.1 301.7 294.7 341.6 14.60 2 950 593 24.2 17.2 65 7.0 19.4 39 20 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.4 13.09 3 900 1065 21.3 16.2 73 5.1 17.8 43 17 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.0 12.98 4 850 1559 18.6 15.2 81 3.4 16.3 74 4 305.6 308.0 295.3 344.2 12.88 5 800 2079 16.4 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 219 9 308.6 310.8 295.3 343.9 11.64 6 750 2626 12.8 10.0 83 2.8 11.0 239 11 310.5 312.4 294.8 342.1 10.32 7 700 3203 9.2 5.5 78 3.7 7.0 258 11 312.6 314.2 293.8 337.8 8.12 8 650 3814 5.2 1.7 78 3.6 3.2 301 11 314.9 316.2 293.3 335.9 6.67 9 600 4465 2.3 -1.5 76 3.8 0.3 304 14 318.8 319.9 293.6 337.2 5.73 10 550 5164 -1.4 -5.2 75 3.8 -3.3 299 15 322.4 323.3 293.8 337.8 4.71 11 500 5918 -5.6 -10.4 69 4.8 -7.7 291 18 326.2 326.9 293.8 337.9 3.47 12 450 6737 -10.5 -16.9 59 6.4 -12.8 290 26 330.1 330.5 293.8 337.9 2.26 13 400 7634 -16.3 -25.2 46 8.9 -18.7 286 30 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.2 1.23 14 350 8624 -23.4 -30.4 53 7.0 -24.9 286 31 337.2 337.4 294.4 340.5 0.87 15 300 9733 -31.7 -35.4 70 3.7 -32.2 264 28 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.2 0.63 16 250 10997 -40.9 -56.2 18 15.3 -41.8 285 40 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.08 17 200 12477 -52.2 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.5 289 35 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14277 -66.1 -75.4 26 9.4 -66.1 291 32 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16666 -75.5 -82.3 34 6.8 -75.5 304 18 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.37 m Freezing level: 569.20 mb = 4895.87 m = 16062.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.70 mb = 4523.22 m = 14839.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.67 mb = 933.63 m = 3063.05 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 8.32 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2419.30 m = 7937.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.69 C = 96.25 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2658.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.25 mb = 1465.65 m = 4808.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: -19.1 tot: 125.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 59.31 m/s