MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 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 119 SFC 984 258 29.1 9.4 29 19.7 16.8 244 1 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.2 7.52 2 950 572 27.2 8.1 30 19.1 15.5 155 2 304.8 306.2 290.7 326.4 7.16 3 900 1046 22.8 7.3 37 15.5 13.4 114 4 305.0 306.3 290.7 326.5 7.12 4 850 1540 18.1 6.4 46 11.8 11.2 107 7 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.6 7.09 5 800 2054 13.2 5.4 59 7.9 8.7 99 9 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.5 7.03 6 750 2593 8.2 3.9 74 4.3 5.8 94 11 305.5 306.8 290.6 326.1 6.78 7 700 3161 8.2 -13.2 20 21.4 -0.4 111 8 311.6 312.0 288.1 318.1 1.98 8 650 3772 6.5 -5.6 42 12.1 0.6 207 3 316.3 317.1 291.3 328.8 3.87 9 600 4422 1.7 -3.2 70 4.9 -0.8 263 8 318.1 319.1 292.9 334.3 5.04 10 550 5119 -2.6 -6.1 77 3.5 -4.2 275 16 321.1 321.9 293.2 335.5 4.42 11 500 5872 -5.6 -7.0 90 1.3 -6.2 260 16 326.2 327.1 294.6 341.3 4.54 12 450 6692 -10.5 -11.7 91 1.2 -11.0 253 17 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.8 3.47 13 400 7590 -16.1 -16.8 94 0.8 -16.4 243 14 334.1 334.6 295.0 343.0 2.56 14 350 8579 -23.8 -25.8 84 2.0 -24.2 238 26 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.6 1.34 15 300 9689 -31.1 -31.3 98 0.3 -31.2 222 37 341.6 341.8 295.6 345.1 0.93 16 250 10954 -41.9 -41.9 100 -0.0 -41.9 214 30 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12421 -54.5 -56.0 83 1.5 -54.5 230 49 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.10 18 150 14215 -63.5 -74.8 20 11.3 -63.6 235 31 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16642 -71.5 -82.5 18 11.1 -71.5 273 12 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.59 m Freezing level: 579.96 mb = 4701.83 m = 15425.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.14 mb = 3124.54 m = 10251.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.67 mb = 2729.32 m = 8954.36 ft T: 8.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.49 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 598.54 mb = 4442.06 m = 14573.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.60 C = 110.48 F Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lifted Index: 7.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.23 C Showalter Index: 7.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 12.01 C K Index: 8.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7004.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.78 mb = 2931.78 m = 9618.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -6.3 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 9.03 m/s