MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 31.56,-97.21 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 991 187 33.5 11.3 26 22.2 19.1 148 6 307.5 309.1 292.6 333.4 8.54 2 950 559 28.4 10.5 33 17.9 17.0 145 7 306.0 307.6 292.1 331.4 8.42 3 900 1034 23.7 9.6 41 14.1 14.9 142 7 306.0 307.5 292.0 331.2 8.38 4 850 1530 19.0 8.6 51 10.4 12.6 138 7 306.1 307.6 292.0 331.1 8.29 5 800 2046 14.6 6.4 58 8.2 9.7 123 5 306.7 308.1 291.6 329.6 7.54 6 750 2591 13.6 -2.1 34 15.7 5.5 45 8 311.3 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.38 7 700 3168 9.1 -4.5 38 13.6 2.4 35 8 312.6 313.3 290.3 325.0 3.90 8 650 3777 5.3 -13.2 25 18.5 -2.1 357 5 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.12 9 600 4426 2.3 -24.1 12 26.4 -6.0 310 4 318.8 319.0 289.3 322.0 0.91 10 550 5124 -1.0 -33.0 7 32.0 -9.1 290 6 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.5 0.43 11 500 5878 -5.1 -39.5 5 34.4 -12.3 279 8 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 12 450 6696 -10.8 -44.0 5 33.2 -16.6 285 8 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 13 400 7588 -18.2 -42.6 10 24.4 -22.0 281 10 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.22 14 350 8570 -24.9 -50.2 8 25.3 -27.6 305 20 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 15 300 9669 -34.4 -52.0 15 17.6 -35.7 307 31 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.10 16 250 10915 -44.7 -57.4 23 12.7 -45.2 288 31 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12375 -54.3 -68.0 17 13.7 -54.5 287 37 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14170 -65.4 -77.3 18 11.9 -65.4 277 35 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16575 -73.6 -81.9 27 8.4 -73.6 255 15 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.08 m Freezing level: 564.71 mb = 4918.44 m = 16136.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.50 mb = 3484.67 m = 11432.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.42 mb = 2950.68 m = 9680.61 ft T: 10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 11.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.65 mb = 3906.79 m = 12817.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.75 C = 107.15 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.16 C Showalter Index: 5.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 13.71 C K Index: 19.08 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4918.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.54 mb = 2833.92 m = 9297.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.0 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 51.0 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -12.7 tot: -12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 16.76 m/s