MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 33.91,-98.39 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 978 306 24.8 14.7 53 10.1 18.1 343 19 299.8 301.8 292.1 331.5 10.80 2 950 559 21.5 13.6 61 7.9 16.4 345 28 299.0 300.8 291.5 329.2 10.35 3 900 1025 17.1 12.7 75 4.4 14.3 344 27 299.1 301.0 291.5 329.3 10.32 4 850 1510 13.6 11.4 87 2.2 12.2 340 23 300.4 302.2 291.7 329.8 10.02 5 800 2022 13.7 6.6 62 7.1 9.5 307 21 305.8 307.2 291.4 328.9 7.66 6 750 2564 11.0 2.6 56 8.4 6.3 286 26 308.5 309.7 291.0 327.4 6.15 7 700 3136 7.3 1.4 66 5.9 4.1 266 33 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.4 6.05 8 650 3743 4.4 -1.6 65 6.0 1.3 249 42 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.5 5.23 9 600 4389 -0.8 -4.2 78 3.4 -2.5 250 42 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.66 10 550 5077 -6.2 -8.3 85 2.1 -7.1 251 43 316.7 317.5 291.4 328.8 3.73 11 500 5816 -11.4 -15.3 73 3.8 -12.8 254 42 319.1 319.6 290.8 326.9 2.34 12 450 6614 -17.4 -20.8 74 3.5 -18.3 263 43 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.9 1.62 13 400 7487 -23.1 -26.8 72 3.6 -23.9 266 46 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.7 1.07 14 350 8450 -30.6 -31.8 89 1.3 -30.7 254 45 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.3 0.76 15 300 9524 -39.4 -41.1 84 1.6 -39.6 242 48 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.35 16 250 10749 -47.1 -58.0 28 10.8 -47.5 252 53 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12206 -53.1 -66.3 19 13.1 -53.4 240 71 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14037 -58.9 -78.6 6 19.7 -59.2 243 54 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16521 -68.0 -82.9 10 14.9 -68.1 262 17 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.61 m Freezing level: 608.05 mb = 4284.54 m = 14056.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.82 mb = 3958.79 m = 12987.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.58 mb = 1573.88 m = 5163.58 ft T: 13.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 2.41 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.93 mb = 2766.05 m = 9074.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.48 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.13 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 30.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 366.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.46 mb = 1575.15 m = 5167.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 488.46 mb = 5992.78 m = 19661.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.46 mb = 7331.61 m = 24053.56 ft B at Equ Level: 14.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 358.46 mb = 8277.47 m = 27156.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 7.3 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -40.7 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 176.95 m/s