MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-99.26 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 516 2 900 988 SFC 884 1149 26.4 18.8 63 7.6 20.9 226 2 310.4 313.3 298.3 358.1 15.63 4 850 1489 22.5 16.3 68 6.2 18.2 218 2 309.7 312.4 297.0 351.9 13.85 5 800 2013 17.6 15.1 85 2.5 15.8 210 2 309.9 312.4 296.9 351.2 13.58 6 750 2563 13.9 11.5 85 2.4 12.3 201 1 311.7 313.8 295.9 346.7 11.42 7 700 3144 11.5 6.1 69 5.4 8.2 74 1 315.3 316.9 294.7 341.8 8.47 8 650 3760 7.9 2.9 71 4.9 5.0 34 2 317.9 319.3 294.6 341.0 7.30 9 600 4417 3.7 -0.1 76 3.9 1.6 28 3 320.4 321.7 294.5 340.8 6.32 10 550 5119 -0.4 -3.6 79 3.2 -2.1 60 4 323.6 324.6 294.6 341.0 5.32 11 500 5876 -4.4 -7.8 77 3.4 -6.0 80 5 327.6 328.5 294.8 341.8 4.24 12 450 6699 -9.2 -12.8 75 3.6 -10.7 77 5 331.6 332.2 294.9 342.5 3.16 13 400 7600 -15.1 -20.5 63 5.4 -16.8 79 7 335.4 335.8 294.8 342.1 1.88 14 350 8597 -21.7 -24.7 77 3.0 -22.5 57 10 339.5 339.8 295.5 344.9 1.47 15 300 9714 -29.7 -34.0 67 4.2 -30.5 50 13 343.5 343.6 295.8 346.2 0.72 16 250 10986 -40.1 -41.9 82 1.9 -40.2 47 18 346.5 346.6 296.2 348.0 0.38 17 200 12467 -52.8 -54.0 87 1.2 -52.8 67 21 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.7 0.12 18 150 14255 -68.6 -70.9 71 2.4 -68.6 110 25 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16594 -80.4 -83.0 65 2.6 -80.4 72 18 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.93 m Freezing level: 555.17 mb = 5046.10 m = 16555.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.30 mb = 4713.75 m = 15464.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.63 mb = 2113.66 m = 6934.51 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.32 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.84 mb = 2440.69 m = 8007.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.16 mb = 2281.91 m = 7486.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.16 mb = 3383.00 m = 11098.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.16 mb = 14248.72 m = 46747.20 ft B at Equ Level: 904.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.6 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 102.6 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 294.12 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s