MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 33.22,-96.76 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 SFC 998 192 17.0 12.5 75 4.6 14.3 52 7 290.3 292.0 287.5 316.2 9.13 2 950 610 15.1 13.7 92 1.4 14.2 83 15 292.5 294.3 289.4 322.1 10.42 3 900 1068 13.5 13.2 98 0.3 13.3 99 12 295.4 297.3 290.6 326.1 10.66 4 850 1551 14.5 11.2 80 3.3 12.4 144 5 301.4 303.2 291.9 330.6 9.88 5 800 2064 13.5 8.3 71 5.2 10.3 201 6 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.4 8.62 6 750 2605 10.2 5.3 72 4.9 7.3 215 6 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.5 7.49 7 700 3176 6.6 1.5 70 5.1 3.8 251 4 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.7 6.10 8 650 3781 3.2 -3.6 61 6.7 -0.1 277 7 312.6 313.4 290.8 326.9 4.53 9 600 4426 -0.1 -9.4 49 9.3 -4.1 281 10 316.0 316.6 290.6 326.2 3.13 10 550 5118 -3.8 -16.1 38 12.3 -8.3 279 13 319.6 319.9 290.6 326.2 1.98 11 500 5864 -8.2 -19.0 41 10.8 -11.8 265 16 323.0 323.3 291.4 328.8 1.70 12 450 6674 -13.0 -30.2 22 17.2 -17.0 260 24 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.4 0.69 13 400 7560 -19.7 -24.4 66 4.7 -21.0 266 33 329.3 329.6 292.8 334.0 1.32 14 350 8542 -24.7 -25.9 90 1.2 -25.0 268 33 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.2 1.32 15 300 9646 -32.6 -33.3 93 0.7 -32.7 277 52 339.5 339.6 294.9 342.4 0.77 16 250 10907 -41.0 -43.6 76 2.6 -41.2 268 67 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.4 0.32 17 200 12387 -51.7 -58.9 42 7.2 -51.9 273 69 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.07 18 150 14193 -66.2 -70.3 57 4.1 -66.2 283 77 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16563 -76.9 -82.5 41 5.6 -77.0 292 46 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.11 m Freezing level: 600.95 mb = 4413.65 m = 14480.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.60 mb = 3760.83 m = 12338.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.41 mb = 768.60 m = 2521.64 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 5.23 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.50 mb = 2699.39 m = 8856.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.67 C = 94.40 F Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lifted Index: 7.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.41 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8590.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.75 mb = 865.83 m = 2840.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 61.76 m/s