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: 33.50,-97.52 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 979 304 20.4 14.7 70 5.6 16.7 339 19 295.3 297.3 290.7 326.5 10.82 2 950 559 18.7 13.4 71 5.3 15.3 342 32 296.2 298.0 290.5 325.7 10.22 3 900 1021 15.2 12.0 81 3.2 13.2 341 32 297.2 298.9 290.5 325.7 9.84 4 850 1506 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.9 322 23 302.2 303.8 291.3 328.7 8.94 5 800 2020 15.2 3.5 46 11.7 8.6 291 24 307.4 308.5 290.6 326.3 6.17 6 750 2565 12.7 2.1 48 10.6 6.8 271 34 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.7 5.93 7 700 3140 7.9 1.5 64 6.4 4.4 256 41 311.2 312.4 291.7 330.2 6.10 8 650 3747 3.6 -0.9 73 4.5 1.3 255 41 313.0 314.1 291.8 330.4 5.53 9 600 4392 -1.3 -4.0 82 2.7 -2.6 259 40 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.8 4.75 10 550 5079 -6.4 -9.2 81 2.8 -7.5 264 43 316.5 317.2 291.1 327.8 3.48 11 500 5817 -11.7 -22.1 42 10.4 -14.6 267 44 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.3 1.30 12 450 6615 -17.0 -28.5 36 11.5 -19.6 273 46 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.8 0.81 13 400 7489 -22.3 -36.6 26 14.2 -24.6 266 41 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.42 14 350 8454 -30.5 -43.5 27 13.0 -31.9 284 49 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 15 300 9528 -39.6 -46.3 49 6.7 -40.1 287 48 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.20 16 250 10753 -46.8 -59.2 23 12.4 -47.3 244 51 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12215 -52.2 -66.1 17 13.9 -52.5 239 75 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14046 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 242 53 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16522 -69.1 -82.7 12 13.6 -69.2 238 21 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.66 m Freezing level: 612.98 mb = 4224.25 m = 13858.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.59 mb = 3952.94 m = 12968.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.55 mb = 1015.61 m = 3332.02 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 2.47 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.08 mb = 3032.64 m = 9949.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.00 C = 96.80 F Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.06 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 30.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6423.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.94 mb = 1328.58 m = 4358.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.1 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 305.1 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 8.6 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -66.1 tot: -20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 172.39 m/s