MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 32.42,-97.29 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 988 238 19.4 13.9 70 5.5 15.9 353 18 293.5 295.4 289.5 322.5 10.13 2 950 574 17.0 12.1 73 4.9 14.0 356 33 294.5 296.2 289.2 321.5 9.39 3 900 1036 17.6 9.5 59 8.1 12.7 347 33 299.7 301.2 290.0 324.1 8.30 4 850 1525 17.3 6.9 50 10.4 11.1 321 22 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.3 7.34 5 800 2041 15.4 7.2 58 8.2 10.4 280 19 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.8 7.97 6 750 2586 11.9 5.5 65 6.5 8.1 256 24 309.5 311.0 292.4 332.7 7.56 7 700 3160 7.7 2.9 71 4.8 5.0 257 29 311.1 312.3 292.3 332.0 6.76 8 650 3766 3.2 0.1 80 3.0 1.5 267 32 312.5 313.7 292.0 331.1 5.95 9 600 4410 -1.6 -3.1 90 1.4 -2.4 282 36 314.2 315.2 291.8 330.3 5.09 10 550 5097 -6.2 -10.6 71 4.5 -8.0 288 37 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.8 3.09 11 500 5837 -10.6 -21.9 39 11.3 -13.9 295 35 320.2 320.4 290.2 324.7 1.32 12 450 6640 -15.3 -26.5 38 11.2 -18.1 289 33 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.97 13 400 7518 -21.8 -34.5 31 12.7 -24.1 288 33 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.51 14 350 8485 -29.6 -42.2 28 12.7 -31.0 307 40 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 15 300 9566 -37.9 -45.2 47 7.2 -38.5 300 37 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.23 16 250 10795 -47.1 -56.4 34 9.3 -47.4 259 42 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12253 -53.4 -66.4 19 13.1 -53.7 241 70 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14064 -61.8 -77.4 11 15.6 -62.0 239 57 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16527 -68.6 -82.8 11 14.2 -68.7 250 22 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.94 m Freezing level: 617.07 mb = 4190.36 m = 13747.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.20 mb = 4015.15 m = 13172.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.57 mb = 936.37 m = 3072.04 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.72 mb = 3268.90 m = 10724.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.11 C = 98.80 F Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lifted Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.21 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 17.42 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7912.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.39 mb = 1490.83 m = 4891.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 321.3 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 5.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -75.7 tot: -31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 125.57 m/s