MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 33,-66.5 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -66.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -43 SFC 995 0 26.7 24.5 88 2.2 25.0 214 55 300.2 303.9 298.4 358.3 19.77 2 950 409 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.1 220 79 300.1 303.3 297.0 351.7 17.61 3 900 879 19.5 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 227 83 301.6 304.6 296.4 349.1 16.11 4 850 1372 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 232 82 304.6 307.2 295.7 346.0 13.88 5 800 1890 15.2 13.9 92 1.4 14.3 228 83 307.4 309.7 295.6 345.3 12.55 6 750 2436 12.0 10.8 93 1.2 11.3 234 84 309.6 311.6 295.0 342.9 10.94 7 700 3013 9.9 9.3 96 0.6 9.5 243 80 313.4 315.4 295.7 346.1 10.55 8 650 3630 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.1 250 78 318.3 320.3 296.9 351.2 10.43 9 600 4290 5.0 4.8 99 0.2 4.9 251 77 321.9 323.7 296.8 351.0 9.05 10 550 4997 0.5 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 251 84 324.7 326.1 296.2 347.9 7.13 11 500 5756 -4.0 -4.7 95 0.7 -4.4 254 84 328.1 329.2 295.8 346.1 5.41 12 450 6582 -8.4 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.5 255 82 332.7 333.6 296.1 347.7 4.38 13 400 7487 -13.9 -14.8 93 0.9 -14.3 256 82 336.9 337.5 296.1 347.5 3.02 14 350 8490 -19.6 -25.6 59 6.0 -21.2 254 80 342.3 342.6 296.0 347.3 1.35 15 300 9614 -28.5 -30.3 84 1.9 -28.9 254 79 345.2 345.4 296.4 349.1 1.02 16 250 10898 -36.9 -36.9 100 -0.0 -37.0 265 75 351.1 351.3 297.4 353.7 0.64 17 200 12404 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 265 49 357.0 357.0 298.3 358.0 0.25 18 150 14233 -63.9 -64.1 98 0.2 -63.9 260 32 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.2 0.05 19 100 16629 -74.0 -81.9 29 7.9 -74.1 324 6 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.57 m Freezing level: 544.38 mb = 5082.10 m = 16673.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 546.09 mb = 5053.63 m = 16579.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.14 mb = 279.20 m = 916.01 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.98 mb = 557.09 m = 1827.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 37.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.99 mb = 557.05 m = 1827.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.99 mb = 603.72 m = 1980.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.99 mb = 10649.30 m = 34938.22 ft B at Equ Level: 422.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.99 mb = 13862.96 m = 45481.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 80.5 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 60.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 718.8 neg: -40.2 tot: 678.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 226.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 121.43 m/s