MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 17.12,-100.21 Latitude: 17.12 Longitude: -100.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 955 519 23.4 21.8 90 1.7 22.2 12 1 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.7 17.43 2 950 563 23.6 22.3 92 1.3 22.7 251 1 301.2 304.5 297.6 354.7 18.17 3 900 1033 20.8 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 224 1 302.9 305.9 296.7 350.3 16.00 4 850 1525 18.1 16.5 90 1.7 17.0 203 1 305.1 307.7 296.0 347.0 13.99 5 800 2043 15.8 12.5 81 3.3 13.7 197 3 308.0 310.2 295.0 342.8 11.50 6 750 2591 13.7 7.9 68 5.8 10.1 201 3 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.0 8.94 7 700 3170 10.5 5.0 69 5.5 7.2 197 2 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.6 7.84 8 650 3784 6.7 3.9 82 2.8 5.1 112 4 316.6 318.1 294.6 341.2 7.83 9 600 4437 2.8 1.7 92 1.1 2.2 97 8 319.3 320.7 294.9 342.4 7.23 10 550 5138 -1.2 -1.8 96 0.6 -1.5 94 12 322.7 323.9 295.0 342.6 6.12 11 500 5893 -5.1 -6.9 87 1.8 -6.0 98 15 326.9 327.8 294.8 342.1 4.57 12 450 6715 -9.5 -11.9 83 2.4 -10.5 90 17 331.3 331.9 295.0 343.0 3.42 13 400 7616 -15.1 -16.9 86 1.9 -15.7 85 18 335.4 335.9 295.4 344.4 2.54 14 350 8613 -21.6 -23.5 84 1.9 -22.1 91 20 339.7 340.0 295.7 345.6 1.64 15 300 9730 -30.1 -31.3 89 1.2 -30.4 88 21 342.9 343.1 295.8 346.4 0.93 16 250 10999 -40.4 -41.7 87 1.4 -40.5 66 19 346.1 346.1 296.1 347.6 0.39 17 200 12478 -53.2 -54.6 85 1.4 -53.3 70 21 348.5 348.5 296.4 349.0 0.12 18 150 14267 -68.1 -70.7 69 2.6 -68.1 106 8 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16614 -78.5 -82.3 54 3.8 -78.6 90 22 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.45 m Freezing level: 564.84 mb = 4929.89 m = 16173.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 570.53 mb = 4842.82 m = 15888.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.07 mb = 728.69 m = 2390.70 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 16.09 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1352.58 m = 4437.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.21 C = 80.97 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 750.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.15 mb = 1166.20 m = 3826.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.15 mb = 2919.77 m = 9579.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.15 mb = 13446.96 m = 44116.78 ft B at Equ Level: 746.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.4 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 136.4 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -5.0 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 107.89 Bulk Shear: 6.96 m/s