MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 30.51,-96.82 Latitude: 30.51 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 120 23.8 8.0 36 15.8 14.5 165 5 296.9 298.1 287.6 316.6 6.73 1 1000 126 25.1 8.0 34 17.0 15.0 167 5 298.2 299.4 288.1 318.1 6.75 2 950 577 25.5 6.9 31 18.6 14.4 156 6 303.0 304.3 289.6 322.8 6.57 3 900 1049 22.1 5.5 34 16.6 12.4 112 4 304.3 305.5 289.8 323.4 6.31 4 850 1541 17.8 4.5 41 13.3 10.2 68 4 304.8 306.0 289.9 323.6 6.21 5 800 2055 13.1 4.3 55 8.7 8.1 44 3 305.1 306.3 290.2 324.8 6.52 6 750 2593 8.4 1.8 63 6.6 4.9 30 3 305.7 306.8 289.8 323.5 5.83 7 700 3161 6.1 -8.2 35 14.3 -0.2 325 7 309.3 309.8 288.3 318.6 2.94 8 650 3766 4.8 -14.7 23 19.4 -2.8 281 7 314.4 314.7 288.9 320.6 1.89 9 600 4414 0.4 -8.5 51 8.9 -3.6 232 6 316.6 317.2 291.0 327.5 3.35 10 550 5106 -4.0 -13.8 46 9.8 -7.8 180 16 319.3 319.8 290.9 327.3 2.39 11 500 5850 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.8 -10.1 185 20 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.5 3.27 12 450 6664 -11.1 -11.5 96 0.5 -11.3 232 23 329.3 330.0 294.6 341.2 3.52 13 400 7559 -17.0 -17.8 93 0.9 -17.3 226 22 332.9 333.4 294.6 341.2 2.35 14 350 8549 -23.6 -27.7 69 4.1 -24.5 204 27 336.9 337.2 294.6 341.1 1.12 15 300 9654 -33.0 -41.5 42 8.5 -34.0 200 28 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.2 0.34 16 250 10909 -42.7 -56.4 21 13.6 -43.4 213 44 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.07 17 200 12378 -53.5 -66.6 19 13.1 -53.8 219 48 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14188 -61.9 -75.5 14 13.7 -62.0 243 34 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16634 -69.9 -82.4 15 12.4 -70.0 197 8 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.49 m Freezing level: 595.53 mb = 4475.73 m = 14683.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.55 mb = 3142.77 m = 10310.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.48 mb = 2133.92 m = 7000.97 ft T: 12.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 598.83 mb = 4429.43 m = 14532.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.55 C = 110.40 F Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lifted Index: 6.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.98 C Showalter Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 13.80 C K Index: 17.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9334.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.86 mb = 2806.04 m = 9206.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -37.5 tot: -35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 2.97 m/s