MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 29.37,-103.55 Latitude: 29.37 Longitude: -103.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 564 SFC 902 1021 25.5 7.1 31 18.4 14.3 108 1 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.03 3 900 1037 26.5 6.4 28 20.0 14.3 129 2 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.4 6.72 4 850 1537 23.0 5.0 31 18.0 12.3 142 7 310.2 311.4 291.7 330.1 6.43 5 800 2061 18.6 3.9 38 14.7 10.0 121 7 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.6 6.31 6 750 2609 14.0 2.7 46 11.3 7.6 104 8 311.8 313.0 292.0 331.1 6.20 7 700 3186 9.1 0.8 56 8.3 4.6 103 11 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.7 5.81 8 650 3795 4.3 -0.9 69 5.2 1.5 38 8 313.8 314.8 292.0 331.1 5.50 9 600 4441 -1.4 -2.5 92 1.1 -1.9 5 13 314.6 315.6 292.1 331.4 5.32 10 550 5132 -1.3 -23.9 16 22.6 -8.3 16 15 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 1.01 11 500 5885 -6.1 -30.0 13 23.9 -12.3 359 11 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.63 12 450 6699 -12.5 -36.8 11 24.4 -17.3 358 16 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.36 13 400 7589 -17.4 -46.9 6 29.5 -21.5 350 26 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.14 14 350 8576 -23.8 -48.7 8 24.9 -26.7 344 31 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.13 15 300 9683 -32.0 -52.0 12 19.9 -33.7 333 30 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.6 0.10 16 250 10944 -41.6 -59.0 14 17.3 -42.5 320 27 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 17 200 12419 -52.9 -66.8 17 13.9 -53.2 333 30 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14214 -66.8 -72.1 47 5.3 -66.8 328 25 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16591 -75.5 -81.8 37 6.3 -75.5 331 15 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.14 m Freezing level: 612.05 mb = 4285.12 m = 14058.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.68 mb = 4077.06 m = 13376.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.76 mb = 3331.38 m = 10929.59 ft T: 7.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.41 mb = 4223.17 m = 13855.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 5.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 11.10 C K Index: 25.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5732.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.52 mb = 3750.98 m = 12306.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.2 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 61.2 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -28.4 tot: -27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 21.53 m/s