MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512090000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512090000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z THU 25 DEC 25 Station: 28.9,-97.3 Latitude: 28.90 Longitude: -97.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 996 72 21.0 18.7 87 2.3 19.4 158 9 294.5 296.9 292.7 333.8 13.74 2 950 480 20.2 16.7 81 3.4 17.9 181 20 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.5 12.72 3 900 945 16.4 15.0 91 1.4 15.5 191 20 298.4 300.6 292.6 333.4 12.01 4 850 1430 13.6 12.6 93 1.0 13.0 199 18 300.4 302.4 292.3 332.2 10.83 5 800 1939 11.3 4.7 64 6.6 7.6 212 16 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.3 6.71 6 750 2475 8.2 -6.8 34 15.0 1.5 240 15 305.5 306.1 287.1 315.0 3.06 7 700 3040 4.1 -10.6 34 14.6 -1.9 259 20 307.0 307.4 287.0 314.7 2.44 8 650 3638 -0.1 -18.5 24 18.4 -6.2 260 24 308.8 309.1 286.5 313.3 1.37 9 600 4273 -3.7 -26.2 16 22.5 -9.7 260 24 311.8 312.0 286.9 314.4 0.75 10 550 4955 -7.4 -31.3 13 24.0 -12.8 261 23 315.4 315.4 287.8 317.1 0.51 11 500 5691 -12.0 -34.7 13 22.6 -16.5 266 28 318.4 318.4 288.7 319.8 0.40 12 450 6487 -17.9 -36.6 18 18.7 -21.1 266 33 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.37 13 400 7358 -23.3 -41.9 17 18.5 -25.8 267 43 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.24 14 350 8321 -30.4 -38.9 43 8.5 -31.4 267 50 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.38 15 300 9399 -38.0 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.3 271 69 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.35 16 250 10632 -46.7 -49.4 74 2.6 -46.9 274 97 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.3 0.17 17 200 12076 -56.2 -63.9 38 7.7 -56.4 274 95 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 13895 -58.2 -81.9 3 23.6 -58.5 264 58 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16369 -70.3 -86.3 8 15.9 -70.4 268 41 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.79 m Freezing level: 651.30 mb = 3622.26 m = 11883.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.77 mb = 2721.79 m = 8929.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.20 mb = 360.24 m = 1181.88 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1070.82 m = 3513.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 23.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 605.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.84 mb = 851.14 m = 2792.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.84 mb = 2204.74 m = 7233.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.84 mb = 9749.31 m = 31985.55 ft B at Equ Level: 601.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.84 mb = 12925.95 m = 42407.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 10.49 Bulk Shear: 10.74 m/s