MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 31.56,-97.12 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 991 171 35.4 8.5 19 26.9 18.5 14 8 309.4 310.7 292.0 331.0 7.05 2 950 545 30.1 7.6 24 22.5 16.3 13 9 307.7 309.0 291.4 328.8 6.90 3 900 1023 25.4 6.8 31 18.5 14.1 12 9 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.7 6.90 4 850 1520 20.5 6.0 39 14.6 11.9 10 9 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.7 6.89 5 800 2039 15.6 5.1 50 10.5 9.5 9 9 307.7 309.0 291.4 328.8 6.88 6 750 2582 10.4 4.1 65 6.3 6.8 9 9 307.8 309.1 291.3 328.8 6.84 7 700 3152 6.3 0.8 68 5.5 3.4 8 12 309.5 310.5 291.0 327.4 5.79 8 650 3756 3.1 -5.1 55 8.2 -0.8 345 10 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.2 4.01 9 600 4401 0.5 -17.1 25 17.6 -5.8 323 14 316.6 317.0 289.4 322.2 1.67 10 550 5096 -2.1 -26.9 13 24.8 -9.2 304 16 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.3 0.77 11 500 5845 -7.0 -32.7 11 25.7 -13.0 295 21 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.49 12 450 6657 -12.9 -31.6 19 18.6 -17.1 293 24 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.61 13 400 7543 -19.6 -32.9 30 13.3 -22.2 287 29 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.60 14 350 8519 -26.4 -49.6 9 23.2 -28.7 294 36 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 15 300 9625 -31.1 -54.9 8 23.8 -33.0 306 43 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 16 250 10888 -41.7 -55.3 22 13.6 -42.4 293 43 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.09 17 200 12366 -51.9 -63.3 24 11.4 -52.2 292 46 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.04 18 150 14175 -63.5 -74.9 20 11.5 -63.6 287 33 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16599 -72.9 -82.3 23 9.4 -72.9 259 15 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.86 m Freezing level: 591.03 mb = 4525.64 m = 14847.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.62 mb = 3636.29 m = 11929.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.83 % Est. max temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.45 mb = 3491.34 m = 11454.38 ft T: 4.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.51 mb = 4130.28 m = 13550.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.88 C = 105.59 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 12.95 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6430.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.52 mb = 3369.84 m = 11055.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 4.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -131.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -1.2 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 7.86 m/s