MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 32.22,-96.58 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 997 136 23.8 17.5 68 6.2 19.5 162 9 297.2 299.5 292.8 334.0 12.75 2 950 562 25.0 17.0 61 8.0 19.5 178 29 302.5 304.9 294.5 340.7 12.92 3 900 1036 22.7 13.9 58 8.8 16.9 180 23 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.4 11.19 4 850 1531 19.0 11.6 62 7.3 14.3 182 16 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.6 10.17 5 800 2048 15.0 9.5 69 5.6 11.6 192 10 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.4 9.33 6 750 2594 13.4 0.7 42 12.8 6.5 328 6 311.2 312.2 291.1 327.9 5.35 7 700 3170 8.5 -0.6 52 9.2 3.7 334 15 312.0 312.9 291.2 328.3 5.22 8 650 3777 4.8 -11.7 29 16.4 -2.1 339 12 314.3 314.8 289.4 322.2 2.41 9 600 4426 1.9 -24.2 12 26.1 -6.2 317 6 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.90 10 550 5122 -1.6 -32.9 7 31.3 -9.4 265 8 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.44 11 500 5874 -5.8 -39.3 5 33.5 -12.8 262 15 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.25 12 450 6690 -11.6 -44.6 5 33.0 -17.1 262 20 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.16 13 400 7580 -18.1 -49.0 5 30.9 -22.1 268 22 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 14 350 8563 -25.5 -50.8 8 25.3 -28.0 275 28 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.10 15 300 9660 -34.9 -52.6 15 17.7 -36.2 279 34 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 16 250 10901 -46.1 -53.9 41 7.8 -46.4 276 39 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.10 17 200 12356 -54.2 -68.0 17 13.9 -54.4 288 45 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14152 -65.8 -76.8 20 11.0 -65.8 272 42 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16565 -72.1 -81.7 22 9.7 -72.1 265 29 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.16 m Freezing level: 572.75 mb = 4805.38 m = 15765.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.85 mb = 3555.21 m = 11663.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.31 mb = 935.89 m = 3070.48 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 12.87 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.94 mb = 2706.32 m = 8878.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.92 C = 100.25 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 2.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.46 C K Index: 27.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 436.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.92 mb = 1592.07 m = 5223.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 268.92 mb = 10404.17 m = 34133.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.92 mb = 10928.95 m = 35855.71 ft B at Equ Level: 26.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.92 mb = 11475.40 m = 37648.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: -52.5 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 44.54 m/s