MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 34.86,-97.73 Latitude: 34.86 Longitude: -97.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 971 349 26.7 10.6 36 16.2 16.6 143 9 302.4 303.9 290.9 327.0 8.26 2 950 544 27.9 10.1 33 17.9 16.7 151 18 305.5 307.1 291.7 330.2 8.17 3 900 1019 23.6 9.2 40 14.4 14.7 163 16 305.8 307.3 291.8 330.5 8.16 4 850 1515 19.1 8.3 50 10.8 12.5 180 15 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.7 8.12 5 800 2033 16.4 6.0 50 10.4 10.2 223 15 308.6 310.0 292.0 331.0 7.33 6 750 2580 13.7 0.5 41 13.2 6.5 243 16 311.4 312.4 291.1 327.9 5.29 7 700 3156 9.2 -5.4 35 14.6 2.1 242 18 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.2 3.65 8 650 3764 4.9 -13.0 26 17.9 -2.3 251 20 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.15 9 600 4413 1.7 -21.2 16 22.9 -5.9 276 20 318.1 318.4 289.4 322.2 1.18 10 550 5108 -2.3 -27.1 13 24.8 -9.4 298 21 321.3 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.75 11 500 5858 -7.0 -32.0 12 25.0 -13.0 300 27 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.52 12 450 6669 -13.2 -30.3 22 17.2 -17.1 301 29 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.2 0.68 13 400 7554 -20.2 -35.5 24 15.3 -22.9 304 33 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.4 0.46 14 350 8526 -28.8 -46.9 16 18.2 -30.6 300 37 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9610 -36.5 -56.5 11 19.9 -37.7 307 37 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 16 250 10850 -45.5 -61.5 15 16.1 -46.0 323 36 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12303 -55.4 -68.0 19 12.7 -55.6 326 40 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14091 -64.6 -74.2 26 9.6 -64.7 307 31 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16537 -69.6 -83.0 12 13.4 -69.7 261 14 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.66 m Freezing level: 578.63 mb = 4709.84 m = 15452.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.09 mb = 3441.17 m = 11289.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.24 mb = 2398.09 m = 7867.65 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 9.44 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.23 mb = 3887.01 m = 12752.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.42 C = 102.95 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: 3.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 15.33 C K Index: 19.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5610.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.55 mb = 2776.20 m = 9108.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 104.39 m/s