MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 3 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 981 260 34.6 8.3 20 26.2 18.1 69 10 309.4 310.8 292.0 331.1 7.03 2 950 544 32.8 7.4 21 25.3 17.0 68 19 310.4 311.7 292.1 331.5 6.81 3 900 1026 28.2 6.5 25 21.7 15.0 66 17 310.6 311.8 292.1 331.4 6.75 4 850 1528 23.5 5.6 31 17.9 12.7 63 13 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.5 6.72 5 800 2053 18.5 4.6 40 14.0 10.3 53 9 310.9 312.2 292.1 331.5 6.65 6 750 2601 13.4 3.5 51 9.8 7.7 34 7 311.1 312.3 292.1 331.5 6.58 7 700 3176 8.0 2.1 67 5.8 4.7 2 7 311.3 312.5 292.0 331.2 6.39 8 650 3782 2.8 -0.7 78 3.5 1.0 338 11 312.1 313.2 291.6 329.6 5.60 9 600 4426 -1.1 -10.3 50 9.2 -4.9 358 17 314.9 315.4 290.0 324.3 2.91 10 550 5118 -1.4 -31.1 8 29.7 -9.2 1 20 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.52 11 500 5874 -4.6 -34.1 8 29.5 -11.7 358 21 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.43 12 450 6693 -11.0 -41.9 6 30.9 -16.6 344 17 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 13 400 7584 -18.0 -46.0 7 27.9 -22.0 322 21 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.16 14 350 8570 -23.7 -47.6 9 23.8 -26.6 339 25 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.15 15 300 9676 -32.8 -42.2 39 9.4 -33.9 336 35 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.31 16 250 10935 -41.2 -58.2 14 17.0 -42.1 331 40 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 17 200 12411 -52.9 -63.3 27 10.4 -53.2 333 42 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14210 -65.8 -73.5 33 7.7 -65.9 319 31 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16600 -73.4 -82.1 25 8.7 -73.5 330 15 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.39 m Freezing level: 614.02 mb = 4245.39 m = 13928.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.83 mb = 3884.12 m = 12743.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.18 % Est. max temperature: 35.93 C = 96.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.29 mb = 3530.98 m = 11584.44 ft T: 4.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 7.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.96 mb = 3970.63 m = 13026.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.03 C = 100.45 F Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.04 C Cross Totals Index: 10.17 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5192.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.66 mb = 3686.61 m = 12095.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.1 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 48.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -8.9 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 22.35 m/s