MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 29.80,-95.17 Latitude: 29.80 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 23 25.3 21.0 77 4.3 22.3 205 5 297.4 300.2 295.0 342.7 15.66 1 1000 135 25.9 20.5 72 5.4 22.1 204 11 299.0 301.8 295.2 343.6 15.31 2 950 587 25.2 16.1 57 9.1 19.0 180 12 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.9 12.20 3 900 1061 22.9 12.2 51 10.7 16.0 125 10 305.1 306.9 293.0 334.9 9.95 4 850 1556 19.8 11.8 60 8.0 14.6 65 6 306.9 308.8 293.8 337.9 10.27 5 800 2077 17.0 7.0 52 10.0 10.9 2 12 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.3 7.86 6 750 2623 12.2 3.7 56 8.5 7.3 4 15 309.8 311.1 291.8 330.4 6.66 7 700 3196 7.2 -0.4 58 7.6 3.2 5 15 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.0 5.30 8 650 3802 4.7 -12.7 27 17.4 -2.4 4 15 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.21 9 600 4452 2.7 -22.9 13 25.6 -5.6 7 16 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.8 1.01 10 550 5149 -1.7 -31.6 8 29.9 -9.4 351 17 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.49 11 500 5901 -5.9 -45.5 3 39.6 -13.0 343 18 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.13 12 450 6717 -11.6 -39.5 8 27.9 -16.9 351 22 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 13 400 7605 -19.0 -35.5 22 16.4 -22.1 348 26 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.0 0.47 14 350 8585 -25.9 -37.9 31 12.0 -27.7 334 31 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.42 15 300 9683 -34.3 -46.5 28 12.2 -35.4 353 35 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.20 16 250 10933 -43.7 -54.9 28 11.3 -44.2 339 54 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.09 17 200 12398 -53.6 -66.7 19 13.1 -53.9 343 58 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14192 -65.6 -75.2 25 9.6 -65.7 338 43 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16605 -73.7 -82.8 24 9.1 -73.7 317 9 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.45 m Freezing level: 569.25 mb = 4880.58 m = 16012.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.40 mb = 3536.96 m = 11604.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.65 mb = 571.78 m = 1875.89 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2439.63 m = 8003.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.72 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.43 mb = 1470.71 m = 4825.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.43 mb = 3155.24 m = 10351.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 643.43 mb = 3884.34 m = 12743.74 ft B at Equ Level: 29.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 573.43 mb = 4814.77 m = 15796.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 4.4 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 34.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -71.9 tot: -61.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 75.02 m/s