MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 30.80,-96.50 Latitude: 30.80 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 998 111 35.9 11.5 23 24.4 19.9 153 8 309.3 310.9 293.2 335.4 8.55 2 950 549 29.7 10.6 31 19.2 17.5 155 9 307.4 308.9 292.5 333.0 8.46 3 900 1027 25.0 9.7 38 15.3 15.4 156 8 307.3 308.8 292.5 332.8 8.42 4 850 1524 20.2 8.7 48 11.5 13.1 157 7 307.3 308.9 292.4 332.7 8.36 5 800 2043 15.3 7.7 61 7.6 10.7 158 7 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.6 8.28 6 750 2585 10.1 6.4 78 3.7 7.9 158 6 307.5 309.0 292.3 332.1 8.08 7 700 3155 6.6 -2.6 52 9.3 2.0 179 2 309.8 310.7 289.9 323.9 4.51 8 650 3762 5.5 -18.0 16 23.5 -3.0 284 10 315.2 315.5 288.8 320.0 1.42 9 600 4412 2.4 -26.8 9 29.2 -6.2 315 9 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.71 10 550 5109 -1.1 -34.8 6 33.6 -9.3 313 5 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.36 11 500 5862 -5.8 -35.6 7 29.8 -12.6 280 5 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.37 12 450 6679 -11.2 -40.8 7 29.6 -16.7 266 9 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.24 13 400 7570 -18.2 -43.9 9 25.7 -22.0 257 13 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.19 14 350 8552 -25.1 -47.5 11 22.4 -27.7 269 17 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.15 15 300 9657 -31.9 -53.0 11 21.1 -33.6 292 23 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.09 16 250 10919 -41.4 -61.5 10 20.1 -42.3 277 22 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 17 200 12393 -53.2 -66.5 18 13.3 -53.5 272 25 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14192 -65.7 -74.6 28 8.9 -65.8 259 21 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16594 -74.0 -82.3 27 8.3 -74.0 252 4 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.60 m Freezing level: 565.85 mb = 4888.20 m = 16037.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.04 mb = 3391.93 m = 11128.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.07 mb = 3142.17 m = 10308.83 ft T: 6.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.91 mb = 3927.24 m = 12884.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.77 C = 108.99 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 14.59 C K Index: 25.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4832.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.29 mb = 2987.94 m = 9802.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -6.8 tot: -4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 9.58 m/s