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: 29.79,-99.65 Latitude: 29.79 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 521 SFC 946 558 30.1 17.1 45 13.1 21.0 170 12 308.1 310.6 296.1 347.6 13.04 3 900 997 23.2 15.9 63 7.3 18.2 172 15 305.5 307.8 295.2 343.6 12.75 4 850 1493 18.6 14.6 77 4.0 15.9 176 15 305.6 307.9 295.0 342.6 12.35 5 800 2010 14.9 11.2 79 3.7 12.5 190 14 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.6 10.48 6 750 2558 14.5 1.7 42 12.9 7.3 227 13 312.3 313.4 291.8 330.3 5.76 7 700 3137 10.1 1.4 54 8.8 5.3 220 13 313.7 314.9 292.4 332.7 6.04 8 650 3748 4.9 -0.7 67 5.7 2.0 231 13 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.2 5.59 9 600 4395 -0.6 -4.4 75 3.8 -2.4 256 16 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.1 4.60 10 550 5084 -4.7 -16.9 38 12.3 -9.0 250 17 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.7 1.84 11 500 5829 -7.9 -32.9 11 25.0 -13.6 240 22 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.2 0.48 12 450 6641 -12.0 -43.0 6 31.0 -17.3 240 24 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 13 400 7531 -18.6 -43.0 10 24.4 -22.3 233 27 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 14 350 8509 -26.8 -47.7 12 20.9 -29.0 244 30 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.15 15 300 9605 -33.5 -54.3 11 20.7 -35.0 249 56 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.08 16 250 10860 -42.6 -57.1 19 14.5 -43.3 241 73 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.07 17 200 12331 -52.8 -68.1 14 15.3 -53.1 245 73 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14133 -65.2 -75.6 22 10.4 -65.3 244 58 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16542 -73.0 -82.6 22 9.6 -73.0 221 27 386.6 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.45 m Freezing level: 605.33 mb = 4325.60 m = 14191.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4028.81 m = 13217.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.57 mb = 2197.29 m = 7208.88 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.24 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2812.94 m = 9228.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 717.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.31 mb = 2007.03 m = 6584.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.31 mb = 3555.59 m = 11665.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.31 mb = 10984.91 m = 36039.29 ft B at Equ Level: 714.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.31 mb = 14321.35 m = 46985.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 28.74 Bulk Shear: 24.98 m/s