MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 32.44,-97.45 Latitude: 32.44 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 982 260 26.4 14.8 49 11.6 18.7 346 21 301.1 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.83 2 950 550 23.6 14.2 56 9.4 17.4 345 34 301.2 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.80 3 900 1020 20.8 12.9 60 8.0 15.7 345 27 303.0 304.9 292.8 333.9 10.42 4 850 1512 18.1 11.4 65 6.7 13.8 328 14 305.1 306.9 293.0 335.0 9.98 5 800 2029 15.0 9.2 68 5.9 11.4 246 9 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.9 9.15 6 750 2574 12.2 5.6 64 6.5 8.3 229 20 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.2 7.63 7 700 3149 9.1 0.9 57 8.2 4.6 237 23 312.6 313.7 292.0 330.9 5.86 8 650 3759 4.7 -1.4 65 6.1 1.5 248 22 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.1 5.32 9 600 4406 -0.6 -2.9 84 2.3 -1.8 273 28 315.4 316.4 292.2 331.7 5.14 10 550 5095 -6.1 -9.7 75 3.7 -7.6 283 32 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.7 3.32 11 500 5835 -10.0 -21.6 38 11.6 -13.5 288 33 320.9 321.1 290.5 325.5 1.36 12 450 6638 -16.1 -24.6 48 8.5 -18.3 291 35 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.0 1.15 13 400 7515 -21.6 -31.6 40 10.0 -23.6 286 33 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.3 0.68 14 350 8483 -29.5 -38.8 40 9.3 -30.7 291 36 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.38 15 300 9563 -37.7 -50.0 27 12.3 -38.6 258 39 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 16 250 10798 -45.1 -60.7 16 15.5 -45.7 246 53 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12264 -53.1 -68.9 13 15.9 -53.4 239 72 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14073 -62.3 -77.4 12 15.0 -62.5 239 56 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16537 -68.8 -82.8 12 14.0 -68.9 259 22 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.87 m Freezing level: 605.92 mb = 4329.25 m = 14203.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.90 mb = 4051.46 m = 13292.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.06 mb = 1725.11 m = 5659.73 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.86 mb = 3079.83 m = 10104.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.49 C = 99.47 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 340.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.59 mb = 1875.22 m = 6152.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.59 mb = 4679.87 m = 15353.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.59 mb = 9342.76 m = 30651.73 ft B at Equ Level: 118.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.59 mb = 10809.03 m = 35462.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 6.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: -37.7 tot: 82.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 107.14 m/s