MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 24.05,-96.58 Latitude: 24.05 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.4 24.3 74 5.1 25.6 188 8 301.6 305.2 298.4 358.4 19.22 1 1000 95 28.6 22.8 71 5.7 24.3 188 9 301.7 305.0 297.5 354.1 17.75 2 950 550 24.6 21.1 81 3.5 22.1 192 9 302.1 305.2 297.0 351.8 16.80 3 900 1023 21.5 17.4 78 4.1 18.7 201 10 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.4 14.06 4 850 1518 19.0 14.4 75 4.6 15.9 209 10 306.0 308.3 295.0 342.7 12.22 5 800 2037 16.3 11.8 74 4.6 13.4 212 10 308.6 310.6 294.7 341.7 10.91 6 750 2584 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.7 213 9 310.7 312.6 294.6 341.0 9.88 7 700 3162 9.4 6.8 84 2.6 7.8 222 8 312.9 314.5 294.4 340.4 8.88 8 650 3774 5.5 4.1 91 1.4 4.7 237 8 315.2 316.7 294.3 340.1 7.95 9 600 4425 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.5 272 9 318.1 319.5 294.4 340.5 7.03 10 550 5122 -2.2 -4.6 83 2.5 -3.4 287 11 321.5 322.5 293.7 337.6 4.94 11 500 5875 -6.2 -8.1 86 1.9 -7.1 274 12 325.5 326.3 294.1 339.3 4.15 12 450 6693 -10.7 -11.6 93 0.9 -11.1 268 13 329.7 330.4 294.7 341.6 3.49 13 400 7590 -16.1 -16.4 97 0.3 -16.2 271 16 334.1 334.6 295.1 343.4 2.66 14 350 8583 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 280 18 338.1 338.5 295.4 344.5 1.76 15 300 9696 -31.0 -31.1 99 0.1 -31.0 295 18 341.7 341.9 295.6 345.3 0.95 16 250 10960 -41.5 -41.5 100 0.0 -41.5 306 23 344.4 344.5 295.7 346.0 0.40 17 200 12438 -52.4 -54.7 76 2.3 -52.5 307 29 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.11 18 150 14235 -66.9 -71.2 54 4.4 -66.9 320 20 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16603 -77.7 -81.9 51 4.2 -77.7 324 7 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.60 m Freezing level: 577.71 mb = 4735.83 m = 15537.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.74 mb = 4631.47 m = 15194.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.75 % Est. max temperature: 33.31 C = 91.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.74 mb = 654.30 m = 2146.61 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1426.66 m = 4680.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 36.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1238.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.79 mb = 1005.66 m = 3299.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.79 mb = 2286.89 m = 7502.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.79 mb = 13208.26 m = 43333.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 176.22 Bulk Shear: 7.03 m/s