MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 27.83,-100.75 Latitude: 27.83 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 968 361 33.5 12.1 27 21.4 19.4 67 3 309.5 311.2 293.7 337.6 9.21 2 950 531 30.8 11.5 30 19.4 18.2 68 3 308.5 310.1 293.3 335.8 8.97 3 900 1011 26.0 10.6 38 15.4 16.1 69 3 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.6 8.95 4 850 1510 21.2 9.6 48 11.5 13.8 64 2 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.3 8.88 5 800 2030 16.2 8.4 60 7.8 11.4 37 2 308.4 310.1 293.0 335.0 8.71 6 750 2575 11.2 6.6 73 4.6 8.5 342 4 308.7 310.3 292.7 333.7 8.17 7 700 3148 7.9 -3.0 46 10.9 2.5 319 16 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.0 4.39 8 650 3755 5.2 -18.1 17 23.3 -3.2 314 17 314.8 315.1 288.6 319.6 1.41 9 600 4404 2.0 -28.9 8 30.9 -6.7 314 18 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.58 10 550 5101 -1.6 -17.3 29 15.6 -7.3 316 22 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.3 1.80 11 500 5854 -5.9 -13.6 54 7.7 -8.9 313 24 325.9 326.4 293.0 335.0 2.68 12 450 6672 -10.3 -19.1 49 8.7 -13.3 308 24 330.2 330.6 293.5 336.8 1.88 13 400 7570 -16.0 -25.8 43 9.8 -18.6 309 23 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.4 1.17 14 350 8561 -23.2 -31.3 47 8.1 -24.9 285 29 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.5 0.80 15 300 9671 -31.6 -39.2 47 7.6 -32.6 271 31 340.9 341.0 294.9 342.6 0.43 16 250 10933 -41.8 -47.0 57 5.2 -42.2 276 36 343.9 344.0 295.5 344.8 0.22 17 200 12408 -52.2 -65.2 19 13.0 -52.5 281 40 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14219 -63.7 -76.3 16 12.6 -63.8 283 24 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16606 -75.9 -82.0 38 6.1 -76.0 316 10 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.61 m Freezing level: 572.38 mb = 4789.01 m = 15711.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.18 mb = 3407.54 m = 11179.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.28 mb = 3026.77 m = 9930.23 ft T: 8.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 18.09 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.73 mb = 3510.33 m = 11516.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.37 C = 99.26 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 15.48 C K Index: 25.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4354.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.62 mb = 2953.01 m = 9688.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 27.51 m/s