MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 33.22,-96.67 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -96.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 989 193 19.0 17.9 93 1.1 18.3 342 9 293.1 295.5 291.9 330.5 13.15 2 950 536 16.6 16.4 99 0.2 16.5 350 15 294.1 296.3 291.6 329.6 12.44 3 900 998 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 294 7 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.7 12.90 4 850 1485 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 235 16 302.0 304.3 294.2 339.6 12.74 5 800 1999 13.2 13.2 100 0.1 13.2 223 25 305.2 307.5 294.6 341.1 11.98 6 750 2541 10.6 10.6 100 0.1 10.6 221 29 308.1 310.1 294.5 340.7 10.75 7 700 3114 7.9 7.8 99 0.1 7.8 223 31 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.5 9.53 8 650 3724 5.0 4.9 99 0.2 4.9 232 34 314.7 316.3 294.6 340.9 8.39 9 600 4374 1.5 1.3 99 0.2 1.4 239 37 317.8 319.2 294.4 340.2 7.04 10 550 5072 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 238 41 322.0 323.2 294.7 341.6 6.02 11 500 5826 -5.5 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.7 240 44 326.3 327.3 295.0 342.6 4.91 12 450 6647 -9.7 -10.1 96 0.5 -9.9 245 45 331.1 331.9 295.4 344.5 3.94 13 400 7548 -14.9 -15.2 97 0.3 -15.0 247 49 335.6 336.2 295.7 345.8 2.93 14 350 8546 -21.6 -22.2 95 0.6 -21.7 251 51 339.7 340.1 295.8 346.4 1.84 15 300 9663 -29.8 -32.1 80 2.3 -30.3 252 52 343.3 343.5 295.9 346.6 0.86 16 250 10934 -40.2 -42.3 80 2.1 -40.4 258 55 346.3 346.4 296.1 347.8 0.37 17 200 12413 -53.1 -54.7 82 1.6 -53.1 262 55 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.11 18 150 14216 -65.5 -71.7 42 6.2 -65.6 268 49 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16588 -75.6 -82.8 32 7.1 -75.7 262 40 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.24 m Freezing level: 577.05 mb = 4694.68 m = 15402.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.78 mb = 4663.07 m = 15298.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.61 mb = 334.64 m = 1097.90 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.49 mb = 504.80 m = 1656.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.88 C = 67.78 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5891.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.06 mb = 689.87 m = 2263.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.2 neg: -30.0 tot: 94.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 167.33 m/s