MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 4 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 74 SFC 980 260 34.6 9.0 21 25.6 18.4 139 4 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.1 7.34 2 950 534 33.4 8.1 21 25.4 17.5 140 7 311.1 312.5 292.6 333.2 7.14 3 900 1018 28.9 7.2 25 21.7 15.4 140 6 311.3 312.6 292.6 333.2 7.07 4 850 1521 24.2 6.3 32 17.9 13.3 142 5 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.3 7.04 5 800 2047 19.3 5.3 40 14.1 10.9 132 2 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.4 6.98 6 750 2597 14.2 4.1 51 10.1 8.3 21 3 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.4 6.88 7 700 3174 9.0 2.9 66 6.1 5.5 7 9 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.4 6.75 8 650 3783 3.8 -0.6 73 4.4 1.4 360 13 313.2 314.3 292.0 330.9 5.62 9 600 4428 -0.5 -8.7 54 8.2 -4.1 347 11 315.5 316.1 290.6 326.2 3.29 10 550 5121 -2.4 -24.3 17 22.0 -9.0 342 14 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.7 0.97 11 500 5872 -5.8 -29.2 14 23.4 -12.0 329 17 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.68 12 450 6688 -11.9 -32.3 16 20.5 -16.5 323 20 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.4 0.56 13 400 7577 -19.0 -32.1 30 13.1 -21.7 322 19 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.7 0.65 14 350 8557 -26.0 -49.0 10 23.0 -28.5 344 17 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 15 300 9654 -34.5 -56.0 10 21.5 -35.9 359 14 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.06 16 250 10898 -45.0 -60.1 17 15.1 -45.6 321 21 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 17 200 12359 -53.7 -67.0 18 13.2 -54.0 301 47 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14160 -64.8 -75.4 22 10.6 -64.9 294 41 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16569 -73.3 -82.2 25 8.9 -73.3 279 20 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.04 m Freezing level: 606.08 mb = 4349.70 m = 14270.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.05 mb = 3944.98 m = 12942.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.62 % Est. max temperature: 36.63 C = 97.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.42 mb = 3467.78 m = 11377.10 ft T: 6.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 0.01 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.45 mb = 4016.28 m = 13176.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.05 C = 102.30 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.95 C Cross Totals Index: 12.02 C K Index: 30.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4259.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.30 mb = 3678.62 m = 12068.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 22.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -5.2 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 30.15 m/s