MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 30.93,-101.89 Latitude: 30.93 Longitude: -101.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 591 SFC 930 778 23.7 10.1 42 13.6 15.2 167 8 303.1 304.6 291.2 328.1 8.39 3 900 1060 20.3 9.3 49 11.0 13.6 171 10 302.4 303.9 290.8 326.8 8.20 4 850 1551 18.0 7.2 49 10.9 11.5 184 12 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.6 7.49 5 800 2067 14.0 5.4 56 8.6 9.0 172 11 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.5 7.06 6 750 2607 9.6 3.7 67 5.9 6.3 146 10 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.4 6.69 7 700 3176 5.4 0.9 73 4.5 3.0 124 11 308.4 309.5 290.7 326.5 5.85 8 650 3778 1.8 -6.6 53 8.5 -2.0 123 12 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.3 3.58 9 600 4420 -0.1 -24.7 14 24.6 -7.4 138 14 316.0 316.2 288.4 319.0 0.86 10 550 5113 -3.9 -8.9 68 4.9 -6.1 170 20 319.5 320.1 292.0 331.1 3.56 11 500 5860 -7.6 -8.6 93 0.9 -8.1 185 26 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.0 4.01 12 450 6674 -12.1 -12.5 97 0.4 -12.2 212 22 328.1 328.7 294.1 339.1 3.26 13 400 7565 -17.9 -18.1 98 0.2 -18.0 215 22 331.7 332.2 294.3 339.7 2.29 14 350 8549 -25.3 -26.5 89 1.3 -25.6 229 20 334.7 334.9 294.1 339.2 1.25 15 300 9649 -33.9 -34.4 95 0.5 -34.0 189 28 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.69 16 250 10899 -43.4 -53.4 32 10.1 -43.9 215 50 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.11 17 200 12370 -53.1 -68.5 14 15.4 -53.4 220 53 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14179 -63.2 -75.0 19 11.8 -63.3 243 29 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16613 -70.0 -82.9 14 12.8 -70.1 209 14 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.96 m Freezing level: 602.10 mb = 4393.11 m = 14412.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.98 mb = 3532.10 m = 11588.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.09 mb = 2484.33 m = 8150.60 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.61 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.36 mb = 3253.52 m = 10674.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 14.78 C K Index: 28.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6795.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.70 mb = 2676.88 m = 8782.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.3 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 198.3 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -8.5 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 4.78 m/s