MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 29.44,-98.47 Latitude: 29.44 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 105 SFC 986 236 34.3 14.1 30 20.2 20.6 144 8 308.7 310.6 294.3 340.1 10.33 2 950 563 29.4 13.4 37 16.0 18.8 142 10 307.0 309.0 293.8 337.9 10.21 3 900 1041 24.7 12.5 47 12.2 16.7 140 10 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.6 10.16 4 850 1538 19.9 11.5 58 8.4 14.5 138 10 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.5 10.08 5 800 2057 15.1 10.4 74 4.6 12.1 136 10 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.4 9.97 6 750 2600 10.1 9.0 93 1.1 9.4 135 9 307.5 309.3 293.5 336.7 9.63 7 700 3171 7.5 1.8 67 5.7 4.4 146 5 310.8 311.9 291.7 330.1 6.22 8 650 3780 5.5 -4.8 47 10.3 0.5 213 6 315.2 316.0 291.3 328.4 4.12 9 600 4430 1.8 -12.0 35 13.8 -3.9 210 8 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.53 10 550 5127 -1.5 -17.2 29 15.8 -7.2 194 9 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.80 11 500 5879 -5.7 -27.1 17 21.4 -11.6 205 8 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.1 0.83 12 450 6699 -9.5 -40.2 6 30.7 -15.6 169 7 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.26 13 400 7597 -15.9 -46.9 5 31.0 -20.5 174 5 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 14 350 8588 -23.7 -45.1 12 21.5 -26.5 199 7 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.19 15 300 9693 -33.1 -49.0 19 15.9 -34.6 251 13 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.15 16 250 10948 -42.3 -56.1 21 13.8 -43.0 262 21 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.08 17 200 12420 -53.4 -65.6 21 12.3 -53.7 261 28 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14210 -67.3 -74.0 38 6.7 -67.3 252 28 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16589 -76.7 -82.5 39 5.8 -76.7 229 9 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.34 m Freezing level: 572.48 mb = 4813.47 m = 15792.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3849.86 m = 12630.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.66 mb = 2748.27 m = 9016.51 ft T: 9.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2690.83 m = 8828.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.59 C = 92.46 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.17 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2960.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.42 mb = 2606.25 m = 8550.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 197.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -7.1 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.40 Bulk Shear: 1.90 m/s