MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 29.46,-98.44 Latitude: 29.46 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 985 235 33.5 16.2 36 17.3 21.5 140 8 307.9 310.2 295.2 343.8 11.84 2 950 560 29.3 15.0 42 14.3 19.6 141 10 306.9 309.1 294.6 341.2 11.36 3 900 1039 24.6 14.1 52 10.6 17.5 142 9 306.9 309.0 294.6 340.9 11.29 4 850 1536 19.9 13.1 65 6.8 15.4 143 8 307.0 309.1 294.5 340.7 11.18 5 800 2055 15.0 11.9 82 3.1 13.0 144 8 307.1 309.2 294.4 340.4 11.03 6 750 2599 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 144 7 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.0 10.80 7 700 3171 6.7 5.3 91 1.3 5.9 137 7 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.5 8.03 8 650 3778 4.0 -1.4 68 5.3 1.2 159 6 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.3 5.33 9 600 4424 0.1 -7.5 56 7.6 -3.3 192 6 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.9 3.62 10 550 5116 -3.7 -12.6 50 8.9 -7.2 235 5 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.64 11 500 5864 -7.4 -17.7 43 10.4 -10.9 262 6 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.6 1.90 12 450 6677 -12.3 -21.1 48 8.9 -15.0 257 3 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.3 1.57 13 400 7568 -17.6 -38.7 14 21.1 -21.2 347 10 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.34 14 350 8551 -25.6 -45.2 14 19.6 -28.0 334 16 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.19 15 300 9650 -33.4 -51.2 15 17.8 -34.8 343 20 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.11 16 250 10904 -43.2 -57.1 20 13.9 -43.8 329 27 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 17 200 12372 -53.5 -66.9 18 13.5 -53.7 325 37 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14166 -66.2 -77.8 18 11.6 -66.3 310 24 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16559 -74.3 -82.4 28 8.1 -74.4 309 7 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.47 m Freezing level: 598.62 mb = 4443.39 m = 14577.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.79 mb = 3943.62 m = 12938.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.85 mb = 2400.50 m = 7875.57 ft T: 12.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 13.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.06 mb = 2486.40 m = 8157.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 38.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.63 mb = 2370.09 m = 7775.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.63 mb = 2647.01 m = 8684.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.63 mb = 9987.64 m = 32767.46 ft B at Equ Level: 306.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.63 mb = 12837.19 m = 42116.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.9 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 193.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -3.4 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 149.94 Bulk Shear: 2.05 m/s