MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.76,-101.38 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 567 SFC 926 785 23.7 8.2 37 15.5 14.3 188 9 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.6 7.39 3 900 1036 20.9 7.3 41 13.6 12.8 191 12 303.1 304.4 290.1 324.5 7.13 4 850 1529 19.7 6.3 42 13.4 11.7 198 11 306.7 308.1 291.2 328.1 7.03 5 800 2048 15.9 2.3 40 13.6 8.3 119 4 308.1 309.2 290.4 325.5 5.65 6 750 2592 13.0 -9.0 21 22.0 3.1 73 10 310.7 311.2 288.4 319.0 2.58 7 700 3167 8.3 -8.7 29 16.9 0.7 64 14 311.6 312.2 289.0 320.7 2.84 8 650 3772 3.4 -12.6 30 15.9 -3.0 48 9 312.8 313.2 288.8 320.0 2.24 9 600 4417 0.4 -26.1 12 26.5 -7.2 359 4 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.3 0.76 10 550 5110 -3.4 -13.9 44 10.5 -7.4 281 5 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.0 2.38 11 500 5858 -7.0 -21.8 30 14.7 -11.6 266 9 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.34 12 450 6671 -13.1 -17.8 68 4.7 -14.7 257 11 326.7 327.1 292.8 333.9 2.10 13 400 7558 -18.8 -20.6 85 1.9 -19.3 243 19 330.6 331.0 293.6 337.1 1.85 14 350 8540 -25.5 -28.5 76 3.0 -26.1 254 19 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.04 15 300 9639 -34.1 -36.3 81 2.1 -34.4 264 23 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.4 0.57 16 250 10888 -43.8 -46.2 78 2.3 -44.0 258 49 340.9 340.9 294.8 341.9 0.24 17 200 12355 -52.5 -58.4 49 6.0 -52.7 261 66 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.07 18 150 14166 -63.5 -76.3 16 12.8 -63.6 265 32 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16591 -72.1 -82.6 19 10.4 -72.2 251 9 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.35 m Freezing level: 594.39 mb = 4494.83 m = 14746.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.36 mb = 3279.97 m = 10760.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.79 mb = 2740.36 m = 8990.57 ft T: 11.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.44 mb = 4108.48 m = 13479.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.81 C = 94.66 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.31 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 13.30 C K Index: 16.04 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7216.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.83 mb = 3015.54 m = 9893.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -76.5 tot: -68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 7.38 m/s