MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 29 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 111 SFC 984 259 31.2 9.5 26 21.6 17.6 125 7 305.8 307.2 291.4 328.8 7.61 2 950 567 28.9 8.5 28 20.4 16.3 121 13 306.5 307.9 291.4 328.8 7.34 3 900 1044 24.4 7.6 34 16.8 14.1 110 11 306.7 308.0 291.3 328.8 7.28 4 850 1540 19.7 6.6 42 13.1 11.9 94 9 306.8 308.1 291.3 328.7 7.21 5 800 2057 14.8 5.6 54 9.2 9.4 74 8 306.9 308.2 291.3 328.7 7.16 6 750 2599 9.6 4.6 71 5.0 6.8 57 7 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.6 7.10 7 700 3167 4.9 1.1 76 3.8 2.9 34 9 307.9 309.1 290.6 326.2 5.94 8 650 3772 5.9 -27.6 7 33.5 -4.0 36 8 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.8 0.61 9 600 4424 3.8 -37.7 3 41.5 -6.2 22 8 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.25 10 550 5125 0.2 -24.2 14 24.4 -7.5 358 6 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.8 0.99 11 500 5881 -5.3 -20.7 29 15.4 -10.4 244 2 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.8 1.47 12 450 6699 -10.8 -11.2 97 0.4 -10.9 237 10 329.7 330.4 294.8 342.0 3.63 13 400 7597 -15.7 -19.5 72 3.8 -17.0 267 14 334.6 335.0 294.7 341.8 2.04 14 350 8590 -22.7 -31.8 43 9.1 -24.6 261 20 338.1 338.3 294.6 341.0 0.76 15 300 9701 -31.4 -41.2 37 9.8 -32.6 262 29 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.5 0.34 16 250 10961 -42.3 -52.5 32 10.1 -42.9 263 23 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.7 0.12 17 200 12429 -54.4 -56.3 80 1.9 -54.5 261 44 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14217 -65.8 -74.0 31 8.2 -65.9 264 51 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16615 -72.7 -82.0 23 9.3 -72.8 263 18 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.69 m Freezing level: 548.20 mb = 5152.48 m = 16904.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.09 mb = 3414.47 m = 11202.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.56 mb = 2962.63 m = 9719.79 ft T: 6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.75 C/km ThetaE index: 11.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.35 mb = 4975.01 m = 16322.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.82 C = 119.87 F Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lifted Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 11.86 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6387.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.44 mb = 3102.88 m = 10179.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.9 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 90.9 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -16.9 tot: -16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 12.74 m/s