MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 30.33,-95.64 Latitude: 30.33 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 80 32.7 17.0 39 15.7 21.8 109 3 305.5 307.8 294.8 342.1 12.21 1 1000 111 29.9 16.7 45 13.2 20.8 107 3 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.7 12.04 2 950 566 25.0 15.9 57 9.1 18.8 101 2 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.0 12.01 3 900 1037 20.3 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 76 1 302.5 304.7 293.8 337.8 11.93 4 850 1528 15.8 13.8 88 2.0 14.5 15 1 302.7 304.9 293.7 337.5 11.75 5 800 2040 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 350 5 304.3 306.2 293.0 335.0 10.29 6 750 2580 9.1 6.1 82 2.9 7.3 356 9 306.4 307.9 291.8 330.4 7.91 7 700 3149 7.1 -7.9 34 15.0 0.4 3 7 310.4 310.9 288.7 320.0 3.02 8 650 3756 5.3 -13.4 24 18.7 -2.2 272 5 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.8 2.09 9 600 4405 1.4 -20.9 17 22.3 -6.0 286 11 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.8 1.20 10 550 5100 -2.3 -35.4 6 33.2 -10.0 317 7 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 11 500 5850 -6.5 -40.1 5 33.6 -13.2 305 8 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.23 12 450 6664 -12.2 -43.2 6 31.1 -17.4 294 8 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.19 13 400 7554 -17.8 -41.9 10 24.2 -21.6 324 12 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.8 0.24 14 350 8538 -24.4 -47.9 9 23.5 -27.1 324 10 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 15 300 9644 -32.6 -50.6 15 18.0 -34.1 333 19 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.12 16 250 10899 -42.7 -53.2 31 10.5 -43.3 302 37 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.11 17 200 12367 -54.4 -64.9 26 10.5 -54.6 302 23 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14161 -65.1 -75.8 21 10.8 -65.2 301 30 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16564 -74.2 -82.5 27 8.3 -74.2 332 9 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.23 m Freezing level: 580.82 mb = 4671.23 m = 15325.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.85 mb = 3244.84 m = 10645.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.58 mb = 2044.70 m = 6708.24 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 22.12 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1864.56 m = 6117.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 21.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.43 mb = 1734.73 m = 5691.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.43 mb = 2098.70 m = 6885.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 694.43 mb = 3214.31 m = 10545.51 ft B at Equ Level: 20.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 634.43 mb = 3952.61 m = 12967.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 8.75 m/s