MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 31.49,-97.15 Latitude: 31.49 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 94 SFC 991 172 32.1 0.8 14 31.3 14.8 316 8 306.0 306.8 288.3 318.6 4.08 2 950 548 26.9 -0.5 17 27.4 12.3 316 11 304.5 305.2 287.6 316.4 3.87 3 900 1020 22.3 -1.3 21 23.6 10.0 316 12 304.5 305.2 287.5 316.3 3.85 4 850 1511 17.5 -2.1 26 19.6 7.6 315 14 304.5 305.2 287.5 316.3 3.85 5 800 2024 12.6 -3.0 34 15.6 4.9 315 14 304.6 305.3 287.5 316.4 3.83 6 750 2560 7.5 -4.0 44 11.4 2.1 315 15 304.7 305.4 287.5 316.4 3.79 7 700 3125 5.8 -8.7 35 14.4 -0.5 322 23 308.9 309.4 288.1 317.8 2.83 8 650 3729 4.0 -12.2 30 16.2 -2.6 304 24 313.5 313.9 289.0 321.0 2.31 9 600 4375 0.2 -17.7 25 17.9 -6.1 301 28 316.3 316.7 289.3 321.7 1.59 10 550 5066 -3.9 -25.9 16 22.0 -10.1 314 29 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.4 0.84 11 500 5811 -9.0 -28.9 18 19.8 -14.0 318 26 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.70 12 450 6617 -14.9 -36.0 15 21.1 -18.8 307 23 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.39 13 400 7497 -21.1 -42.3 13 21.2 -24.1 304 31 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.23 14 350 8468 -28.5 -46.3 16 17.8 -30.3 307 38 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.17 15 300 9553 -36.8 -52.5 18 15.7 -37.8 313 46 333.5 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.10 16 250 10789 -46.3 -57.9 26 11.6 -46.7 310 46 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12238 -55.6 -66.4 25 10.9 -55.8 301 42 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14040 -61.6 -76.5 12 14.8 -61.8 293 34 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16506 -69.0 -82.6 12 13.6 -69.1 272 20 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.10 m Freezing level: 597.55 mb = 4409.01 m = 14465.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.84 mb = 3010.27 m = 9876.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 627.00 mb = 4019.99 m = 13188.79 ft T: 2.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.56 mb = 5786.66 m = 18984.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.98 C = 118.37 F Cap Strength: 9.12 C Lifted Index: 9.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: 9.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 6.92 C K Index: 10.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9685.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 631.57 mb = 3961.37 m = 12996.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.5 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 342.5 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 15.36 m/s