MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 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 114 SFC 984 258 29.8 8.5 26 21.3 16.7 150 8 304.3 305.7 290.5 325.7 7.07 2 950 567 27.5 7.4 28 20.1 15.3 144 14 305.1 306.4 290.5 325.7 6.82 3 900 1042 23.1 6.5 34 16.6 13.3 129 10 305.4 306.6 290.5 325.9 6.77 4 850 1536 18.7 5.5 42 13.1 11.0 93 8 305.7 306.9 290.6 326.0 6.69 5 800 2051 14.0 4.5 53 9.4 8.6 59 9 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.2 6.63 6 750 2591 9.0 3.5 68 5.5 5.9 41 12 306.3 307.6 290.6 326.3 6.55 7 700 3158 4.9 -0.7 67 5.6 2.0 37 13 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.9 5.18 8 650 3764 5.9 -33.4 4 39.3 -4.4 103 3 315.7 315.8 287.8 317.0 0.35 9 600 4415 3.3 -33.2 5 36.4 -6.3 188 2 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.3 0.39 10 550 5115 -1.0 -5.1 74 4.1 -3.1 226 10 322.8 323.8 293.9 338.4 4.75 11 500 5870 -5.6 -8.5 80 2.8 -6.9 224 13 326.2 327.0 294.3 339.7 4.04 12 450 6689 -10.6 -15.1 69 4.5 -12.3 231 16 330.0 330.5 294.1 339.0 2.63 13 400 7585 -16.6 -19.8 76 3.2 -17.6 232 23 333.5 333.9 294.4 340.5 1.99 14 350 8575 -23.5 -40.6 19 17.1 -26.1 224 19 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.3 0.31 15 300 9681 -32.4 -46.9 22 14.5 -33.8 239 36 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.19 16 250 10941 -41.7 -46.4 60 4.7 -42.1 234 49 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.24 17 200 12418 -53.5 -53.8 97 0.3 -53.5 224 51 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.13 18 150 14203 -66.4 -72.1 45 5.7 -66.4 245 45 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16620 -71.4 -82.4 18 11.0 -71.5 266 12 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.26 m Freezing level: 562.13 mb = 4945.37 m = 16224.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.39 mb = 3342.43 m = 10965.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.48 mb = 2921.06 m = 9583.43 ft T: 6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.88 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 561.72 mb = 4945.56 m = 16225.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.48 C = 117.47 F Cap Strength: 7.52 C Lifted Index: 7.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: 7.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 11.17 C K Index: 24.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7132.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.65 mb = 3068.63 m = 10067.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 155.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -29.3 tot: -22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 2.17 m/s