MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 3 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 121 SFC 985 259 32.5 9.3 24 23.2 17.9 128 8 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.7 7.47 2 950 579 30.3 8.4 25 21.9 16.7 124 14 307.9 309.3 291.7 330.2 7.28 3 900 1057 25.7 7.5 31 18.2 14.6 114 13 308.0 309.4 291.7 330.1 7.24 4 850 1555 21.0 6.6 39 14.4 12.3 102 11 308.1 309.4 291.7 330.1 7.21 5 800 2075 16.0 5.6 50 10.3 9.9 85 9 308.2 309.5 291.7 330.1 7.17 6 750 2619 10.8 4.7 66 6.2 7.3 62 8 308.3 309.7 291.7 330.2 7.13 7 700 3189 5.6 3.4 86 2.2 4.4 29 9 308.7 310.0 291.7 330.1 6.98 8 650 3795 5.9 -15.2 20 21.1 -2.3 39 8 315.7 316.0 289.3 321.7 1.80 9 600 4446 2.7 -20.8 16 23.5 -5.3 32 9 319.2 319.5 289.8 323.4 1.22 10 550 5143 -1.6 -26.5 13 24.9 -8.8 54 11 322.2 322.3 290.3 325.0 0.79 11 500 5894 -6.3 -27.9 16 21.6 -12.1 55 10 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.77 12 450 6710 -12.1 -29.7 22 17.6 -16.4 33 14 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 13 400 7601 -17.0 -44.0 8 27.0 -21.1 7 20 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.19 14 350 8587 -24.9 -47.3 11 22.5 -27.5 4 19 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.15 15 300 9689 -33.1 -48.5 20 15.3 -34.5 355 19 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.16 16 250 10941 -43.8 -47.5 67 3.7 -44.0 8 17 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.21 17 200 12404 -54.1 -64.9 25 10.8 -54.3 351 27 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14200 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 348 27 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16613 -72.5 -82.5 21 10.0 -72.6 10 12 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.64 m Freezing level: 568.69 mb = 4882.62 m = 16018.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.11 mb = 3582.39 m = 11753.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.83 mb = 3155.88 m = 10353.82 ft T: 5.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.16 mb = 4646.62 m = 15244.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.53 C = 113.95 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 12.86 C K Index: 31.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6013.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.13 mb = 3293.45 m = 10805.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.7 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 97.7 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -19.0 tot: -19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 14.32 m/s