MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 2 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 84 SFC 981 259 33.3 7.7 21 25.6 17.5 206 3 308.2 309.4 291.4 328.8 6.73 2 950 542 32.0 6.6 20 25.4 16.5 191 3 309.7 310.9 291.6 329.6 6.45 3 900 1024 27.7 5.8 25 21.9 14.5 110 2 310.1 311.3 291.7 329.9 6.43 4 850 1525 23.0 4.9 31 18.1 12.3 68 5 310.3 311.5 291.7 330.0 6.39 5 800 2048 18.0 4.0 39 14.1 9.9 49 7 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.1 6.38 6 750 2595 12.8 3.0 51 9.8 7.3 35 9 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.1 6.35 7 700 3169 7.3 2.0 69 5.3 4.4 24 11 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.1 6.31 8 650 3774 1.7 0.2 90 1.5 0.9 7 14 310.9 312.0 291.6 329.5 5.98 9 600 4420 3.7 -28.4 7 32.0 -5.7 337 17 320.3 320.5 289.5 322.5 0.61 10 550 5122 0.4 -29.3 9 29.7 -8.0 316 17 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.61 11 500 5878 -4.6 -27.0 15 22.4 -11.0 307 22 327.5 327.6 291.9 330.5 0.84 12 450 6698 -10.1 -35.3 11 25.2 -15.6 305 24 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.42 13 400 7594 -17.0 -40.5 11 23.6 -21.0 307 24 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.28 14 350 8580 -24.7 -43.6 16 18.9 -27.2 300 27 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.23 15 300 9681 -33.3 -46.3 26 12.9 -34.6 295 30 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.20 16 250 10938 -41.8 -55.3 22 13.5 -42.5 294 30 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.08 17 200 12416 -52.1 -63.5 24 11.4 -52.4 300 22 350.2 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.04 18 150 14226 -64.0 -77.1 15 13.1 -64.1 290 34 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16628 -75.7 -81.9 37 6.2 -75.7 286 11 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.33 m Freezing level: 546.43 mb = 5175.74 m = 16980.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.21 mb = 3858.45 m = 12658.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.05 % Est. max temperature: 35.42 C = 95.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.84 mb = 3455.88 m = 11338.05 ft T: 4.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 530.47 mb = 5408.74 m = 17744.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.67 C = 123.20 F Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lifted Index: 6.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 9.46 C K Index: 27.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6045.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.92 mb = 3687.36 m = 12097.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.7 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 13.7 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -25.7 tot: -25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 29.01 m/s