MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 980 259 31.8 7.7 22 24.1 17.0 138 2 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.3 6.74 2 950 531 30.1 6.2 22 23.9 15.7 127 3 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.0 6.28 3 900 1009 25.7 5.2 27 20.5 13.6 106 5 308.0 309.2 290.8 326.9 6.17 4 850 1507 21.0 4.4 34 16.6 11.3 89 6 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.0 6.17 5 800 2026 16.0 3.5 43 12.5 8.9 64 6 308.2 309.4 290.9 327.1 6.15 6 750 2570 10.9 2.4 56 8.4 6.2 37 7 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.1 6.10 7 700 3140 5.7 0.6 70 5.1 3.0 359 11 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.5 5.72 8 650 3744 4.9 -23.4 11 28.3 -4.1 348 15 314.5 314.7 287.9 317.5 0.89 9 600 4392 1.2 -34.8 5 36.0 -7.5 336 16 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.33 10 550 5086 -2.0 -45.5 2 43.5 -10.2 334 14 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.12 11 500 5839 -4.7 -47.3 2 42.6 -12.3 337 10 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.11 12 450 6659 -10.1 -51.0 2 40.9 -16.3 299 8 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 13 400 7556 -16.0 -35.1 18 19.1 -19.9 307 23 334.2 334.3 293.3 336.0 0.48 14 350 8546 -23.8 -35.8 32 12.0 -25.9 310 30 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.51 15 300 9650 -32.8 -33.7 91 0.9 -32.9 284 43 339.2 339.3 294.8 341.9 0.74 16 250 10906 -43.0 -45.2 79 2.2 -43.1 282 47 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.27 17 200 12380 -51.6 -64.3 21 12.7 -52.0 294 51 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.2 0.03 18 150 14191 -64.5 -75.9 19 11.5 -64.6 277 34 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16596 -74.3 -81.8 30 7.5 -74.3 319 16 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.13 m Freezing level: 580.93 mb = 4656.83 m = 15278.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.96 mb = 3388.80 m = 11117.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.29 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.59 mb = 3262.04 m = 10702.11 ft T: 5.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.87 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.87 mb = 4887.65 m = 16035.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.47 C = 113.84 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 9.13 C K Index: 24.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7396.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.02 mb = 3496.96 m = 11472.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 25.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -14.5 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 18.88 m/s