MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 29.42,-102.88 Latitude: 29.42 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 544 SFC 907 950 25.9 12.3 43 13.6 17.0 164 3 307.5 309.4 293.7 337.6 9.93 3 900 1017 25.6 12.0 43 13.6 16.7 164 5 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.7 9.84 4 850 1516 21.5 11.0 51 10.5 14.7 185 13 308.6 310.5 293.9 338.2 9.73 5 800 2039 17.4 10.2 63 7.1 12.8 185 13 309.7 311.5 294.3 339.7 9.84 6 750 2587 13.6 8.9 73 4.7 10.7 212 4 311.4 313.2 294.6 340.9 9.60 7 700 3165 9.5 5.7 77 3.7 7.2 60 3 313.0 314.6 294.0 338.7 8.26 8 650 3776 5.4 2.5 81 2.9 3.7 69 6 315.1 316.4 293.6 337.3 7.06 9 600 4428 2.2 -1.5 77 3.7 0.2 127 3 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.0 5.72 10 550 5126 -1.8 -5.3 77 3.4 -3.5 187 6 321.9 322.8 293.6 337.3 4.70 11 500 5879 -6.3 -10.1 74 3.8 -7.9 192 5 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.2 3.55 12 450 6696 -10.8 -16.2 65 5.3 -12.8 234 11 329.6 330.1 293.8 337.9 2.40 13 400 7588 -17.8 -18.5 94 0.7 -18.0 252 17 331.9 332.3 294.3 339.7 2.23 14 350 8576 -23.9 -23.9 100 0.0 -23.9 235 28 336.5 336.8 294.8 342.2 1.58 15 300 9681 -32.9 -32.9 100 -0.0 -32.9 231 25 339.0 339.2 294.8 342.0 0.80 16 250 10937 -43.2 -43.2 100 -0.0 -43.2 234 45 341.8 341.9 295.1 343.1 0.34 17 200 12400 -54.2 -56.0 81 1.7 -54.3 246 62 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.10 18 150 14204 -64.0 -75.4 20 11.4 -64.1 244 43 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16603 -75.0 -82.2 32 7.2 -75.0 197 16 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.68 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4805.85 m = 15767.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.98 mb = 4468.07 m = 14658.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.70 mb = 2669.03 m = 8756.57 ft T: 13.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.64 mb = 3432.93 m = 11262.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3144.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.23 mb = 2822.32 m = 9259.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.3 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 216.3 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -9.6 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.13 Bulk Shear: 0.35 m/s