MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 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 99 SFC 982 259 31.0 8.3 24 22.7 17.0 150 8 305.7 307.0 290.8 326.8 6.98 2 950 554 28.8 7.3 26 21.5 15.7 147 14 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.0 6.77 3 900 1030 24.3 6.5 32 17.8 13.6 141 11 306.6 307.8 290.9 327.1 6.76 4 850 1526 19.6 5.7 40 14.0 11.4 128 6 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.3 6.76 5 800 2043 14.8 4.8 51 10.0 9.0 82 3 306.9 308.2 291.0 327.5 6.76 6 750 2585 9.8 3.9 67 5.9 6.5 14 4 307.2 308.5 291.1 327.8 6.75 7 700 3153 4.6 2.8 88 1.8 3.6 360 9 307.5 308.8 291.2 328.0 6.70 8 650 3754 3.3 -11.2 34 14.5 -2.7 358 13 312.7 313.2 289.0 320.8 2.49 9 600 4403 2.5 -13.1 31 15.6 -3.8 343 10 319.0 319.4 290.8 326.7 2.33 10 550 5100 -2.2 -10.5 53 8.2 -5.7 306 10 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.9 3.14 11 500 5850 -7.3 -16.2 49 9.0 -10.5 284 10 324.2 324.6 292.1 331.5 2.15 12 450 6664 -11.1 -31.1 17 20.0 -15.9 314 16 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.63 13 400 7560 -16.1 -36.5 15 20.4 -20.1 313 22 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.42 14 350 8553 -23.2 -52.5 5 29.3 -26.3 308 30 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.08 15 300 9657 -32.7 -54.2 10 21.4 -34.4 309 39 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.08 16 250 10924 -39.3 -58.3 12 19.0 -40.4 303 51 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.06 17 200 12416 -50.5 -70.9 7 20.4 -51.0 289 43 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14225 -65.8 -74.7 28 8.9 -65.8 296 28 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16624 -72.8 -82.3 22 9.5 -72.9 307 12 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.87 m Freezing level: 573.60 mb = 4770.89 m = 15652.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.34 mb = 3491.81 m = 11455.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.17 mb = 3092.38 m = 10145.47 ft T: 5.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 575.78 mb = 4732.86 m = 15527.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.38 C = 113.68 F Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lifted Index: 5.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 5.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.95 C K Index: 30.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 90.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 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-): 7163.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.37 mb = 3218.47 m = 10559.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 13.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -12.7 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 55.96 m/s