MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 29.49,-98.47 Latitude: 29.49 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 118 SFC 986 246 35.7 8.8 19 26.9 18.7 117 5 310.2 311.5 292.4 332.5 7.24 2 950 576 30.4 8.0 25 22.4 16.5 114 6 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.8 7.10 3 900 1055 25.7 7.2 31 18.5 14.4 107 6 308.0 309.3 291.6 329.7 7.10 4 850 1553 20.8 6.4 39 14.5 12.1 101 7 308.0 309.3 291.6 329.7 7.09 5 800 2072 15.9 5.4 50 10.4 9.7 97 7 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.7 7.07 6 750 2616 10.6 4.4 65 6.3 7.1 96 8 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.5 7.00 7 700 3186 5.5 2.6 82 2.8 3.9 94 8 308.5 309.8 291.4 328.8 6.62 8 650 3791 6.1 -16.3 18 22.4 -2.4 82 7 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.4 1.64 9 600 4442 2.4 -20.3 17 22.7 -5.4 52 5 319.0 319.2 289.8 323.3 1.27 10 550 5139 -2.1 -23.8 17 21.7 -8.8 51 8 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.1 1.01 11 500 5888 -6.8 -28.1 16 21.3 -12.5 57 11 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.75 12 450 6703 -11.8 -32.0 17 20.2 -16.4 25 12 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.5 0.58 13 400 7595 -16.9 -44.3 7 27.4 -21.1 4 20 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 14 350 8581 -24.8 -47.3 11 22.5 -27.4 358 21 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.15 15 300 9683 -33.0 -50.6 16 17.6 -34.5 351 20 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.12 16 250 10937 -43.3 -45.9 75 2.6 -43.5 335 26 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.7 0.25 17 200 12399 -54.5 -64.8 27 10.3 -54.7 339 24 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14193 -64.8 -74.0 27 9.1 -64.9 323 21 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16610 -72.5 -82.7 20 10.2 -72.5 355 14 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.85 m Freezing level: 573.12 mb = 4816.44 m = 15801.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.29 mb = 3552.16 m = 11653.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.03 mb = 3567.57 m = 11704.48 ft T: 5.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.30 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 584.96 mb = 4645.26 m = 15240.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.28 C = 113.50 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 13.16 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5884.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.13 mb = 3396.82 m = 11144.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.2 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 109.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -0.6 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.37 Bulk Shear: 2.39 m/s