MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 29.59,-98.47 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 981 280 33.2 10.0 24 23.2 18.4 137 5 308.0 309.5 292.3 332.0 7.86 2 950 566 28.8 9.2 29 19.5 16.5 129 5 306.4 307.8 291.7 329.8 7.73 3 900 1042 24.1 8.4 37 15.6 14.4 118 6 306.3 307.7 291.6 329.7 7.72 4 850 1537 19.2 7.5 46 11.7 12.1 105 6 306.3 307.7 291.6 329.5 7.67 5 800 2054 14.3 6.5 59 7.8 9.7 99 6 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.5 7.61 6 750 2595 9.1 5.4 77 3.7 7.0 93 7 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.3 7.52 7 700 3163 6.9 -5.2 42 12.1 1.2 76 9 310.1 310.8 289.3 321.9 3.71 8 650 3772 6.7 -34.2 3 41.0 -4.1 61 3 316.6 316.6 288.0 317.7 0.32 9 600 4425 4.0 -29.7 6 33.6 -5.7 300 2 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.6 0.54 10 550 5126 -0.2 -17.5 26 17.3 -6.6 297 3 323.8 324.2 291.7 329.8 1.76 11 500 5882 -4.6 -15.3 43 10.8 -8.8 244 3 327.5 327.9 293.2 335.4 2.32 12 450 6703 -10.2 -18.4 51 8.1 -13.0 204 7 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.4 2.00 13 400 7600 -16.1 -24.5 48 8.4 -18.4 182 11 334.1 334.4 294.0 338.9 1.32 14 350 8592 -23.0 -29.7 54 6.7 -24.4 280 10 337.8 338.0 294.6 341.3 0.93 15 300 9702 -31.8 -36.5 63 4.7 -32.4 267 24 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.8 0.56 16 250 10961 -42.2 -43.3 89 1.1 -42.3 278 34 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.7 0.33 17 200 12432 -54.2 -54.3 98 0.1 -54.2 262 45 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.5 0.12 18 150 14224 -65.6 -72.5 38 6.9 -65.6 253 50 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16622 -75.7 -81.9 37 6.2 -75.7 225 21 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.48 m Freezing level: 552.69 mb = 5088.29 m = 16693.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.70 mb = 3296.66 m = 10815.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.31 mb = 3159.30 m = 10365.04 ft T: 6.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 14.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 577.05 mb = 4739.05 m = 15547.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.20 C = 116.95 F Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lifted Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 6.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 12.08 C K Index: 19.22 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6203.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.11 mb = 3021.64 m = 9913.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.9 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 126.9 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -5.3 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.52 Bulk Shear: 1.08 m/s