MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 31.56,-97.15 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 176 31.7 12.5 31 19.2 19.1 342 15 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.2 9.19 2 950 556 26.2 11.5 40 14.7 16.8 341 18 303.8 305.5 291.9 330.7 9.01 3 900 1028 21.6 10.7 50 10.9 14.7 339 17 303.8 305.4 291.9 330.7 9.01 4 850 1520 17.0 9.9 63 7.1 12.6 337 15 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.9 9.02 5 800 2033 12.1 8.9 81 3.2 10.2 333 13 304.0 305.7 292.0 330.9 8.99 6 750 2571 10.1 4.9 70 5.2 7.1 274 15 307.5 308.9 291.6 329.7 7.27 7 700 3143 7.3 2.2 70 5.1 4.5 271 22 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.5 6.42 8 650 3750 4.0 -2.2 64 6.2 0.8 277 24 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.4 5.03 9 600 4395 -1.1 -7.4 62 6.3 -3.9 273 22 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.6 3.66 10 550 5084 -4.4 -27.9 14 23.5 -10.6 284 26 318.8 319.0 289.1 321.3 0.70 11 500 5830 -7.7 -38.5 6 30.9 -13.9 292 27 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.27 12 450 6640 -13.2 -42.2 7 29.0 -18.1 300 30 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.21 13 400 7525 -19.9 -46.3 8 26.4 -23.4 292 27 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 14 350 8500 -28.0 -43.0 22 15.0 -29.8 276 29 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 15 300 9583 -37.9 -42.8 60 4.8 -38.4 268 31 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.29 16 250 10811 -48.0 -53.6 52 5.6 -48.2 264 34 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12261 -54.2 -68.2 16 14.0 -54.5 256 44 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14071 -63.4 -75.5 18 12.2 -63.5 244 38 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16524 -69.8 -82.6 14 12.8 -69.9 247 18 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.91 m Freezing level: 610.89 mb = 4254.81 m = 13959.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.15 mb = 3860.79 m = 12666.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.97 mb = 2571.72 m = 8437.29 ft T: 10.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.36 mb = 3221.45 m = 10568.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.08 C = 98.75 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.55 C K Index: 29.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4927.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.63 mb = 2432.11 m = 7979.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -7.1 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 31.36 m/s