MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 29.52,-98.41 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 987 245 35.2 10.2 22 25.0 19.1 53 5 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.8 7.93 2 950 589 30.0 9.5 28 20.5 17.0 60 7 307.6 309.1 292.1 331.5 7.84 3 900 1067 25.2 8.6 35 16.6 14.9 65 8 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.3 7.81 4 850 1565 20.4 7.7 44 12.7 12.7 70 9 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.2 7.79 5 800 2084 15.5 6.7 56 8.7 10.2 72 9 307.6 309.1 292.0 331.2 7.74 6 750 2627 10.3 5.6 73 4.7 7.6 74 9 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.64 7 700 3196 5.0 3.9 92 1.1 4.4 75 10 308.1 309.4 291.8 330.2 7.26 8 650 3798 3.6 -8.4 41 12.0 -1.7 44 8 313.0 313.6 289.7 323.0 3.12 9 600 4448 3.0 -28.1 8 31.1 -6.0 32 10 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.9 0.63 10 550 5147 -0.5 -37.6 4 37.1 -9.1 42 11 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.27 11 500 5900 -6.2 -39.6 5 33.4 -13.0 43 9 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 12 450 6714 -12.6 -35.8 12 23.2 -17.3 33 8 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.40 13 400 7604 -17.7 -41.6 10 23.9 -21.5 24 10 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.25 14 350 8588 -25.3 -37.6 31 12.4 -27.2 7 13 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 15 300 9687 -33.4 -41.0 46 7.6 -34.3 359 21 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.7 0.35 16 250 10943 -42.5 -56.0 21 13.5 -43.2 359 24 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 17 200 12415 -52.9 -66.6 17 13.7 -53.2 318 13 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14214 -66.1 -71.4 48 5.3 -66.2 292 13 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16604 -73.3 -81.8 26 8.5 -73.4 24 11 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.59 m Freezing level: 556.92 mb = 5050.38 m = 16569.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.78 mb = 3627.80 m = 11902.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.26 mb = 3333.43 m = 10936.33 ft T: 4.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.16 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.31 mb = 3250.63 m = 10664.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.24 C = 93.64 F Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 13.94 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5344.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.43 mb = 3179.17 m = 10430.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 54.9 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 84.9 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.77 Bulk Shear: 0.91 m/s