MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 23.93,-98.24 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -98.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 994 149 24.3 22.5 90 1.8 23.0 120 4 297.9 301.1 296.4 348.9 17.53 2 950 551 23.6 20.7 84 2.9 21.5 103 11 301.1 304.1 296.5 349.3 16.38 3 900 1023 21.6 15.9 70 5.7 17.7 81 11 303.7 306.1 294.7 341.5 12.71 4 850 1518 19.2 14.0 72 5.2 15.7 34 9 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.1 11.92 5 800 2037 15.4 11.9 80 3.5 13.1 353 11 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.0 11.04 6 750 2582 12.4 8.2 76 4.2 9.8 327 10 310.0 311.7 293.8 338.0 9.13 7 700 3160 10.2 4.3 67 5.9 6.7 317 9 313.7 315.2 293.6 337.0 7.44 8 650 3774 7.1 1.3 66 5.8 3.8 311 12 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.6 6.48 9 600 4428 3.4 -1.6 70 5.0 0.7 306 14 320.0 321.1 293.9 338.4 5.69 10 550 5130 -0.6 -5.7 69 5.0 -3.1 308 15 323.3 324.2 293.9 338.3 4.56 11 500 5886 -5.0 -10.1 68 5.1 -7.2 311 15 326.9 327.6 294.0 338.9 3.56 12 450 6707 -10.0 -13.4 76 3.5 -11.3 301 15 330.7 331.3 294.6 341.1 3.02 13 400 7606 -15.3 -17.4 84 2.0 -16.1 290 16 335.1 335.5 295.2 343.7 2.44 14 350 8602 -21.8 -24.2 81 2.3 -22.5 292 15 339.3 339.6 295.5 345.0 1.55 15 300 9718 -30.5 -33.1 78 2.6 -30.9 284 20 342.4 342.6 295.6 345.4 0.78 16 250 10986 -40.2 -44.1 66 3.9 -40.6 267 23 346.3 346.3 296.1 347.5 0.30 17 200 12470 -51.9 -60.3 36 8.3 -52.2 269 18 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.8 0.06 18 150 14269 -66.8 -69.6 67 2.8 -66.8 311 22 355.0 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16638 -79.0 -81.8 63 2.9 -79.0 37 6 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.69 m Freezing level: 557.85 mb = 5019.46 m = 16467.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.51 mb = 4556.79 m = 14949.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.96 mb = 377.25 m = 1237.70 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.75 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1737.13 m = 5699.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.21 C = 91.79 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.48 mb = 1047.21 m = 3435.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.48 mb = 4259.88 m = 13975.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.48 mb = 10387.31 m = 34078.69 ft B at Equ Level: 159.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.48 mb = 12709.47 m = 41697.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 358.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -52.0 tot: -52.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 45.76 m/s