MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 28.51,-98.00 Latitude: 28.51 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 95 24.1 22.5 91 1.6 22.9 142 4 296.7 299.8 295.8 346.5 17.25 1 1000 146 23.7 22.0 91 1.6 22.5 144 5 296.8 299.9 295.7 345.6 16.89 2 950 594 20.8 19.7 93 1.2 20.0 143 4 298.3 301.1 295.0 342.9 15.34 3 900 1061 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 172 3 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.3 14.62 4 850 1551 16.4 16.3 99 0.2 16.3 200 5 303.4 305.9 295.4 344.4 13.82 5 800 2067 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 222 4 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.5 12.72 6 750 2611 11.7 11.0 95 0.7 11.2 301 3 309.3 311.4 295.0 342.9 11.05 7 700 3186 8.4 7.6 95 0.8 7.9 336 5 311.8 313.6 294.5 340.8 9.41 8 650 3796 4.9 4.3 96 0.7 4.5 328 5 314.5 316.1 294.2 339.6 8.02 9 600 4446 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.0 302 7 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.1 6.67 10 550 5143 -2.3 -3.9 89 1.5 -3.1 293 13 321.3 322.3 293.9 338.3 5.23 11 500 5894 -6.5 -8.9 83 2.4 -7.6 286 19 325.1 325.9 293.9 338.1 3.90 12 450 6711 -11.0 -14.7 75 3.6 -12.4 286 26 329.3 329.9 294.0 338.7 2.73 13 400 7608 -15.8 -19.3 75 3.5 -17.0 279 28 334.4 334.9 294.7 341.8 2.07 14 350 8602 -22.2 -24.9 79 2.7 -22.9 260 27 338.8 339.1 295.3 344.2 1.45 15 300 9715 -31.1 -36.3 60 5.2 -31.9 263 32 341.5 341.7 295.2 343.7 0.57 16 250 10979 -41.5 -41.5 100 0.0 -41.5 272 38 344.4 344.5 295.7 346.0 0.40 17 200 12454 -52.7 -58.7 48 6.0 -52.9 276 39 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14253 -66.4 -74.9 29 8.5 -66.5 292 41 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16632 -73.5 -82.4 24 8.9 -73.5 317 26 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.51 m Freezing level: 580.54 mb = 4717.27 m = 15476.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.25 mb = 4604.44 m = 15106.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.97 mb = 295.74 m = 970.27 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 6.38 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.02 mb = 833.16 m = 2733.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.48 mb = 689.80 m = 2263.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.48 mb = 2785.17 m = 9137.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.48 mb = 7522.82 m = 24680.88 ft B at Equ Level: 172.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.48 mb = 11690.73 m = 38354.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -62.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.24 Bulk Shear: 15.37 m/s