MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 28.44,-100.44 Latitude: 28.44 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 977 268 33.1 17.3 39 15.8 22.0 152 11 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.0 12.80 2 950 518 28.4 16.7 49 11.7 20.3 152 13 306.0 308.3 295.3 344.0 12.68 3 900 994 23.6 15.6 61 8.0 18.1 153 14 305.8 308.2 295.1 343.2 12.47 4 850 1490 19.1 14.2 73 4.9 15.8 153 13 306.2 308.4 294.9 342.3 12.04 5 800 2010 17.9 3.7 39 14.2 9.7 165 10 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.5 6.23 6 750 2559 15.1 0.8 38 14.3 7.2 211 6 313.0 314.0 291.7 330.0 5.41 7 700 3138 10.4 0.7 51 9.7 5.1 209 7 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.1 5.76 8 650 3750 5.3 0.0 69 5.3 2.4 228 7 314.9 316.1 292.7 333.6 5.90 9 600 4398 -0.0 -3.6 77 3.5 -1.8 256 15 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.7 4.90 10 550 5090 -4.0 -13.9 46 9.9 -7.8 245 17 319.3 319.7 290.9 327.2 2.37 11 500 5837 -6.9 -31.8 12 24.9 -12.9 242 19 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.53 12 450 6652 -11.3 -44.8 4 33.5 -16.9 246 23 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 13 400 7543 -17.9 -49.2 5 31.3 -22.0 241 30 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.11 14 350 8528 -24.9 -53.7 5 28.8 -27.6 239 40 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.07 15 300 9631 -32.4 -50.4 15 18.0 -34.0 250 61 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.13 16 250 10890 -42.3 -56.5 20 14.2 -43.0 240 68 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.07 17 200 12363 -53.0 -67.2 16 14.2 -53.2 247 69 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14157 -66.9 -73.3 40 6.4 -67.0 252 67 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16550 -74.0 -82.3 27 8.3 -74.0 229 28 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.06 m Freezing level: 600.31 mb = 4394.16 m = 14416.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.29 mb = 4115.81 m = 13503.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.61 mb = 2251.31 m = 7386.11 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 17.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.82 mb = 2903.97 m = 9527.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.04 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.31 mb = 2038.22 m = 6686.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.31 mb = 3595.22 m = 11795.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.31 mb = 10557.66 m = 34637.57 ft B at Equ Level: 439.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.31 mb = 13665.09 m = 44832.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -4.4 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.39 Bulk Shear: 23.91 m/s