MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 24.96,-94.09 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 1 28.3 23.2 74 5.1 24.6 89 14 300.3 303.5 297.3 352.8 17.91 1 1000 122 27.1 21.4 71 5.7 23.0 90 16 300.3 303.2 296.1 347.9 16.25 2 950 574 22.8 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 94 16 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.3 16.00 3 900 1043 19.2 18.2 94 1.0 18.5 97 16 301.3 304.0 295.4 344.7 14.77 4 850 1534 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.0 104 14 304.5 306.5 293.3 335.9 10.48 5 800 2051 15.1 8.9 66 6.2 11.3 112 12 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.4 8.98 6 750 2596 12.2 6.2 67 6.0 8.6 118 11 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.2 7.95 7 700 3171 9.0 1.8 61 7.2 4.9 130 9 312.4 313.6 292.2 331.8 6.22 8 650 3781 5.3 -0.6 66 5.9 2.1 146 8 314.9 316.0 292.4 332.8 5.64 9 600 4431 1.8 -3.6 68 5.4 -0.9 147 5 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.9 4.89 10 550 5129 -1.5 -9.2 56 7.7 -5.0 148 3 322.3 322.9 292.7 333.7 3.45 11 500 5883 -5.4 -13.2 54 7.8 -8.5 127 2 326.5 327.0 293.3 335.8 2.77 12 450 6703 -9.6 -17.4 53 7.7 -12.4 119 4 331.1 331.6 294.0 338.7 2.18 13 400 7603 -15.3 -23.4 50 8.2 -17.7 111 8 335.1 335.4 294.4 340.4 1.45 14 350 8599 -21.9 -30.8 44 8.9 -23.8 304 3 339.3 339.5 294.9 342.4 0.84 15 300 9713 -30.9 -37.0 55 6.1 -31.8 324 13 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.9 0.53 16 250 10979 -41.0 -46.7 54 5.7 -41.5 319 14 345.1 345.2 295.7 346.1 0.23 17 200 12456 -53.2 -59.2 48 5.9 -53.4 326 19 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.07 18 150 14245 -67.9 -71.3 62 3.3 -67.9 323 18 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16586 -78.8 -82.2 57 3.5 -78.8 337 7 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.95 m Freezing level: 573.27 mb = 4804.16 m = 15761.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.06 mb = 4229.84 m = 13877.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.75 mb = 649.30 m = 2130.21 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 988.71 m = 3243.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 17.48 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 386.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.58 mb = 894.13 m = 2933.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.58 mb = 2258.38 m = 7409.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.58 mb = 11514.50 m = 37776.77 ft B at Equ Level: 385.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.58 mb = 15045.82 m = 49362.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.0 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 144.0 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 44.76 Bulk Shear: 8.63 m/s