MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.28,-99.13 Latitude: 34.28 Longitude: -99.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 387 32.4 9.5 24 22.9 17.9 150 5 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.0 7.72 2 950 552 29.8 8.6 27 21.2 16.6 156 5 307.4 308.8 291.7 329.9 7.39 3 900 1030 25.0 7.7 33 17.3 14.4 165 5 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.7 7.34 4 850 1527 20.2 6.7 41 13.5 12.1 172 5 307.4 308.7 291.6 329.5 7.27 5 800 2046 15.4 5.4 51 10.0 9.5 165 4 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.04 6 750 2589 11.1 1.8 53 9.3 6.0 44 5 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.6 5.81 7 700 3161 7.6 -8.7 31 16.2 0.4 9 7 310.9 311.4 288.7 320.0 2.84 8 650 3766 3.5 -23.3 12 26.8 -4.9 7 2 312.9 313.0 287.4 315.9 0.90 9 600 4409 -0.5 -33.2 6 32.7 -8.4 260 3 315.5 315.6 287.7 316.9 0.39 10 550 5101 -2.7 -43.7 3 40.9 -10.6 294 7 320.8 320.9 289.2 321.4 0.15 11 500 5850 -6.9 -24.9 22 18.0 -12.1 300 11 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.3 1.01 12 450 6664 -11.8 -28.2 24 16.4 -16.0 280 13 328.4 328.6 292.1 331.4 0.83 13 400 7554 -18.5 -24.9 57 6.4 -20.2 266 14 330.9 331.2 293.2 335.5 1.27 14 350 8537 -25.2 -35.5 38 10.3 -26.9 250 16 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.8 0.53 15 300 9636 -34.4 -39.1 62 4.7 -35.0 260 24 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.5 0.43 16 250 10883 -44.2 -45.7 85 1.5 -44.3 271 44 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.26 17 200 12346 -53.7 -60.0 46 6.3 -53.8 272 67 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14151 -63.5 -74.8 20 11.3 -63.6 256 42 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16587 -71.7 -82.6 18 10.9 -71.8 239 6 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.52 m Freezing level: 606.70 mb = 4323.13 m = 14183.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.97 mb = 3207.87 m = 10524.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.79 mb = 3233.43 m = 10608.22 ft T: 7.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 16.10 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.36 mb = 3848.57 m = 12626.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 13.59 C K Index: 17.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5579.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.49 mb = 3201.74 m = 10504.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.8 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 325.8 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -22.7 tot: -17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 14.35 m/s