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: 31.54,-97.12 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 991 170 35.7 10.8 22 24.9 19.5 176 8 309.7 311.2 293.0 335.0 8.25 2 950 544 30.5 9.8 28 20.7 17.4 177 9 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.6 8.02 3 900 1023 25.8 8.9 34 16.9 15.3 178 9 308.1 309.6 292.4 332.5 7.99 4 850 1521 21.0 8.0 43 13.0 13.0 178 9 308.1 309.6 292.3 332.3 7.94 5 800 2041 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.6 178 9 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.3 7.89 6 750 2585 10.8 5.9 72 4.9 7.9 176 8 308.3 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.76 7 700 3156 6.7 -0.7 59 7.4 2.9 149 4 309.9 310.9 290.6 326.1 5.20 8 650 3763 5.2 -18.2 17 23.4 -3.2 267 8 314.9 315.1 288.6 319.6 1.40 9 600 4412 2.2 -25.2 11 27.5 -6.2 312 9 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.6 0.82 10 550 5110 -0.8 -30.0 9 29.1 -8.8 292 5 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.2 0.58 11 500 5863 -6.1 -33.2 10 27.1 -12.6 268 11 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.3 0.46 12 450 6677 -11.7 -38.8 9 27.1 -16.9 280 13 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.30 13 400 7568 -18.6 -33.8 25 15.1 -21.6 283 14 330.8 330.9 292.5 332.9 0.55 14 350 8547 -25.6 -46.7 12 21.1 -28.0 269 19 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.16 15 300 9651 -32.4 -53.0 11 20.6 -34.1 279 27 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.09 16 250 10910 -42.1 -60.8 11 18.7 -42.9 272 29 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12381 -52.8 -69.0 12 16.2 -53.1 263 32 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14187 -64.7 -76.4 19 11.6 -64.8 248 24 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16592 -74.5 -82.6 28 8.1 -74.6 235 7 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.68 m Freezing level: 563.51 mb = 4921.15 m = 16145.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.28 mb = 3438.20 m = 11280.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.44 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.66 mb = 3254.05 m = 10675.88 ft T: 6.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.39 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.80 mb = 4083.29 m = 13396.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.76 C = 108.96 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 14.15 C K Index: 27.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5258.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.08 mb = 3154.98 m = 10350.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -13.8 tot: -10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.89 Bulk Shear: 6.26 m/s