MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 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 983 259 31.1 9.4 26 21.6 17.5 137 6 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.6 7.57 2 950 566 29.1 8.3 27 20.8 16.2 132 11 306.7 308.0 291.3 328.7 7.24 3 900 1043 24.5 7.5 34 17.0 14.1 124 10 306.8 308.1 291.3 328.7 7.22 4 850 1539 19.8 6.6 42 13.1 11.9 111 8 306.8 308.2 291.4 328.8 7.22 5 800 2056 14.8 5.7 54 9.1 9.5 90 8 306.9 308.3 291.4 328.9 7.21 6 750 2598 9.7 4.8 72 4.9 6.9 68 8 307.1 308.4 291.4 329.0 7.20 7 700 3166 5.9 -0.8 62 6.7 2.4 51 10 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.9 5.14 8 650 3776 7.1 -34.8 3 41.9 -3.8 58 5 317.0 317.1 288.1 318.2 0.31 9 600 4429 4.2 -27.2 8 31.4 -5.3 17 4 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.68 10 550 5131 -0.0 -16.7 27 16.6 -6.3 42 2 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.5 1.88 11 500 5888 -4.3 -15.2 42 10.9 -8.5 223 5 327.8 328.3 293.3 335.9 2.35 12 450 6708 -10.6 -17.6 56 7.0 -13.0 228 10 329.9 330.4 293.7 337.4 2.14 13 400 7605 -15.8 -19.7 72 3.9 -17.1 212 11 334.5 334.9 294.7 341.6 2.01 14 350 8600 -22.4 -31.8 42 9.4 -24.4 260 11 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.4 0.76 15 300 9710 -31.9 -37.1 60 5.2 -32.6 265 18 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.5 0.53 16 250 10970 -41.8 -45.7 66 3.9 -42.1 274 32 343.9 344.0 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12442 -53.8 -54.9 87 1.2 -53.8 261 42 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.11 18 150 14233 -66.0 -71.8 44 5.8 -66.0 258 45 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16630 -73.7 -82.1 26 8.4 -73.7 234 15 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.52 m Freezing level: 550.47 mb = 5124.33 m = 16811.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.68 mb = 3396.42 m = 11142.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.42 mb = 2963.79 m = 9723.61 ft T: 7.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.74 C/km ThetaE index: 10.81 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.77 mb = 4988.96 m = 16367.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.73 C = 119.71 F Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lifted Index: 7.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 10.93 C K Index: 23.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6706.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.02 mb = 3130.87 m = 10271.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.4 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 119.4 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -15.1 tot: -15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 5.29 m/s