MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 33.03,-101.94 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -101.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 568 SFC 910 935 19.6 3.5 34 16.2 10.7 193 12 300.8 301.8 287.8 316.9 5.40 3 900 1031 18.0 2.5 35 15.5 9.7 196 15 300.1 301.0 287.2 315.4 5.10 4 850 1517 16.9 -0.6 30 17.5 7.8 217 24 303.9 304.7 287.8 317.0 4.30 5 800 2032 15.0 2.6 43 12.4 8.1 239 23 307.2 308.2 290.2 324.9 5.78 6 750 2575 11.5 3.4 58 8.1 6.9 271 18 309.0 310.2 291.5 329.1 6.52 7 700 3147 7.0 1.2 67 5.8 3.9 288 18 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.8 5.99 8 650 3754 4.3 -9.6 35 13.9 -1.7 307 19 313.9 314.4 289.7 323.1 2.84 9 600 4399 -0.3 -18.2 25 17.9 -6.5 309 19 315.7 316.0 289.0 320.8 1.52 10 550 5088 -5.2 -21.3 27 16.2 -10.2 312 21 318.0 318.2 289.5 322.3 1.27 11 500 5829 -10.3 -26.2 26 15.8 -14.5 305 27 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.6 0.90 12 450 6631 -16.2 -31.2 26 15.0 -19.3 312 29 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.63 13 400 7506 -22.7 -38.0 24 15.3 -25.0 316 30 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.36 14 350 8470 -30.4 -42.6 29 12.2 -31.7 319 30 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.8 0.26 15 300 9546 -39.2 -52.1 24 12.9 -40.0 323 30 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 16 250 10766 -49.8 -59.7 30 9.9 -50.1 329 32 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.05 17 200 12196 -57.1 -63.5 44 6.4 -57.2 309 23 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14012 -57.3 -79.5 4 22.3 -57.6 276 16 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16511 -67.5 -83.2 9 15.7 -67.6 199 6 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.26 m Freezing level: 603.53 mb = 4353.47 m = 14282.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.09 mb = 3566.12 m = 11699.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.84 mb = 2973.35 m = 9754.97 ft T: 8.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.73 mb = 5049.03 m = 16564.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.24 C = 97.23 F Cap Strength: 8.36 C Lifted Index: 7.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.43 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 9.71 C K Index: 20.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9037.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.09 mb = 3443.96 m = 11298.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 95.18 m/s