MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 33.77,-99.25 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -99.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 972 389 11.6 10.7 94 1.0 11.1 49 3 287.1 288.6 285.4 310.4 8.32 2 950 579 9.9 9.7 99 0.2 9.8 53 4 287.3 288.6 285.2 309.6 7.99 3 900 1027 8.3 8.1 99 0.2 8.2 64 4 290.0 291.4 285.8 311.4 7.55 4 850 1501 9.1 8.9 99 0.2 9.0 103 2 295.7 297.2 288.8 320.1 8.46 5 800 2004 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.4 193 3 300.2 301.7 290.5 325.6 8.63 6 750 2538 7.0 6.8 98 0.2 6.9 214 7 304.2 305.7 291.5 329.1 8.29 7 700 3103 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 242 5 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.5 7.05 8 650 3703 0.8 0.7 99 0.1 0.8 214 9 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.1 6.20 9 600 4346 -0.7 -0.8 99 0.1 -0.8 239 21 315.3 316.5 292.9 334.3 6.01 10 550 5039 -3.4 -3.6 98 0.2 -3.6 234 29 320.0 321.1 293.6 337.2 5.32 11 500 5789 -6.6 -7.1 97 0.4 -6.8 240 39 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.9 4.51 12 450 6607 -10.4 -10.9 96 0.5 -10.6 243 45 330.1 330.9 295.0 342.7 3.70 13 400 7506 -15.3 -15.8 96 0.5 -15.5 240 48 335.0 335.6 295.5 344.8 2.79 14 350 8502 -21.8 -22.1 97 0.3 -21.8 241 51 339.4 339.8 295.8 346.2 1.86 15 300 9619 -30.1 -30.2 99 0.1 -30.1 236 52 343.0 343.2 296.0 346.9 1.04 16 250 10893 -38.8 -43.1 63 4.4 -39.2 249 53 348.4 348.5 296.6 349.8 0.34 17 200 12385 -50.7 -57.6 44 6.8 -51.0 253 63 352.4 352.4 297.3 352.8 0.08 18 150 14198 -65.1 -71.6 40 6.5 -65.1 266 69 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.02 19 100 16589 -75.5 -82.7 31 7.2 -75.5 255 43 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.36 m Freezing level: 622.97 mb = 4050.49 m = 13288.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.30 mb = 4014.12 m = 13169.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.27 % Est. max temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.95 mb = 509.25 m = 1670.73 ft T: 10.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.99 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 807.05 m = 2647.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.16 C = 55.70 F Cap Strength: 12.63 C Lifted Index: 14.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.51 C Showalter Index: 9.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.73 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 24.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.95 mb = 872.50 m = 2862.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.95 mb = 917.85 m = 3011.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 901.95 mb = 1009.28 m = 3311.26 ft B at Equ Level: 23.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 851.95 mb = 1481.97 m = 4862.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 53.53 m/s