MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 84 SFC 981 259 32.6 10.8 26 21.8 18.5 154 4 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.7 8.31 2 950 541 30.6 9.8 28 20.8 17.4 152 6 308.3 309.8 292.5 332.8 8.05 3 900 1021 26.1 9.0 34 17.0 15.4 138 6 308.4 309.9 292.5 332.9 8.04 4 850 1520 21.3 8.2 43 13.0 13.2 123 5 308.5 310.0 292.6 333.1 8.08 5 800 2040 16.3 7.4 55 8.9 10.9 104 4 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.3 8.09 6 750 2585 11.2 6.5 73 4.7 8.4 83 4 308.7 310.2 292.7 333.5 8.12 7 700 3156 5.9 5.2 95 0.7 5.5 56 6 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.3 7.94 8 650 3761 2.4 0.5 88 1.8 1.4 53 10 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.7 6.12 9 600 4408 3.5 -41.7 2 45.3 -6.5 8 10 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.8 0.16 10 550 5110 0.6 -24.8 13 25.4 -7.4 357 10 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.2 0.93 11 500 5868 -4.4 -19.6 29 15.3 -9.6 323 6 327.7 328.1 292.6 333.4 1.61 12 450 6688 -10.2 -22.2 37 11.9 -13.9 270 9 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.5 1.44 13 400 7586 -16.1 -26.7 39 10.7 -18.8 236 17 334.1 334.3 293.9 338.0 1.07 14 350 8576 -23.3 -28.8 60 5.6 -24.5 257 17 337.4 337.6 294.6 341.1 1.01 15 300 9684 -31.9 -33.8 84 1.8 -32.3 271 33 340.3 340.5 295.1 343.1 0.73 16 250 10945 -42.0 -42.2 97 0.2 -42.0 264 38 343.6 343.7 295.6 345.1 0.37 17 200 12417 -53.3 -58.6 52 5.4 -53.4 279 50 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.07 18 150 14211 -66.4 -74.0 33 7.6 -66.5 267 35 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16600 -73.3 -82.0 25 8.7 -73.3 289 16 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.45 m Freezing level: 543.59 mb = 5207.10 m = 17083.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.29 mb = 3869.68 m = 12695.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.58 mb = 2985.68 m = 9795.40 ft T: 7.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.65 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.84 mb = 3275.55 m = 10746.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 12.60 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5265.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.10 mb = 3119.81 m = 10235.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.8 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 68.8 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -4.9 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 14.78 m/s