MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 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 93 SFC 982 259 31.9 8.1 23 23.8 17.2 220 3 306.7 308.0 291.0 327.6 6.89 2 950 550 30.3 7.0 23 23.3 16.1 214 3 308.0 309.2 291.2 328.2 6.62 3 900 1029 26.1 6.0 28 20.1 14.0 58 1 308.4 309.6 291.3 328.4 6.53 4 850 1527 21.4 5.1 35 16.2 11.8 43 5 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.5 6.51 5 800 2048 16.4 4.2 44 12.2 9.4 37 7 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.6 6.49 6 750 2592 11.2 3.3 58 7.9 6.8 32 9 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.6 6.48 7 700 3163 5.7 2.2 78 3.5 3.8 26 11 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.5 6.41 8 650 3767 5.0 -6.4 43 11.4 -0.3 360 10 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.4 3.65 9 600 4419 3.7 -13.0 28 16.7 -3.2 335 14 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.35 10 550 5121 1.0 -35.8 4 36.8 -8.2 336 18 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.5 0.33 11 500 5880 -3.5 -33.8 8 30.3 -11.1 347 21 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.4 0.44 12 450 6702 -9.4 -44.8 4 35.5 -15.6 345 24 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 13 400 7601 -16.0 -51.1 3 35.1 -20.7 340 23 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.09 14 350 8592 -22.7 -54.9 4 32.2 -26.0 319 24 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 15 300 9705 -31.0 -50.3 13 19.2 -32.8 304 27 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.13 16 250 10970 -41.1 -61.4 9 20.3 -42.0 296 38 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12452 -51.7 -67.6 13 15.9 -52.0 302 27 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14255 -65.9 -74.5 29 8.7 -66.0 302 18 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16644 -73.4 -82.2 25 8.8 -73.4 336 9 385.9 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.02 m Freezing level: 539.10 mb = 5286.67 m = 17344.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.04 mb = 3716.30 m = 12192.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.82 C = 92.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.43 mb = 3239.57 m = 10628.39 ft T: 5.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.40 C/km ThetaE index: 2.27 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.66 mb = 5527.37 m = 18134.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 52.25 C = 126.04 F Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lifted Index: 8.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 8.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 8.67 C K Index: 26.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6921.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.37 mb = 3454.75 m = 11334.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.9 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 25.9 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -13.1 tot: -11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 23.70 m/s