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: 33.5,-65.5 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -65.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 999 -0 27.0 24.2 85 2.8 25.0 175 46 300.3 303.9 298.2 357.4 19.42 2 950 441 22.8 21.5 93 1.2 21.9 182 66 300.3 303.4 296.8 350.9 17.26 3 900 911 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.4 188 71 301.4 304.3 296.2 348.1 15.88 4 850 1402 17.5 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 198 74 304.5 307.0 295.3 344.3 13.34 5 800 1920 15.0 13.6 92 1.4 14.1 200 72 307.1 309.4 295.3 344.3 12.34 6 750 2465 11.9 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 201 71 309.5 311.7 295.3 344.1 11.35 7 700 3042 9.2 8.5 95 0.7 8.8 202 72 312.7 314.6 295.2 343.6 10.01 8 650 3654 6.2 5.2 94 0.9 5.6 205 72 316.0 317.6 295.0 342.9 8.60 9 600 4308 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.6 212 74 319.3 320.8 295.2 343.8 7.68 10 550 5009 -0.5 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.7 218 73 323.5 324.7 295.5 344.8 6.57 11 500 5768 -3.8 -4.8 93 1.0 -4.3 222 75 328.5 329.5 295.8 346.4 5.38 12 450 6594 -7.8 -9.4 88 1.6 -8.6 228 74 333.4 334.2 296.1 347.6 4.16 13 400 7502 -13.2 -14.5 90 1.3 -13.7 232 72 337.8 338.4 296.3 348.7 3.10 14 350 8505 -20.7 -21.8 91 1.1 -21.0 233 68 340.9 341.3 296.1 347.8 1.91 15 300 9628 -27.9 -28.1 99 0.1 -27.9 233 65 346.1 346.3 296.8 350.8 1.27 16 250 10914 -37.0 -37.0 100 -0.0 -37.0 239 61 351.1 351.2 297.4 353.6 0.64 17 200 12416 -49.2 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 241 50 354.8 354.8 297.8 355.7 0.22 18 150 14236 -65.4 -65.6 97 0.2 -65.4 237 29 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.6 0.04 19 100 16625 -75.3 -81.6 37 6.3 -75.3 302 12 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.15 m Freezing level: 558.02 mb = 4896.37 m = 16064.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 560.41 mb = 4857.67 m = 15937.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.30 mb = 354.83 m = 1164.11 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.61 mb = 638.55 m = 2094.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.49 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.27 mb = 613.74 m = 2013.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.27 mb = 660.53 m = 2167.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.27 mb = 10209.36 m = 33494.88 ft B at Equ Level: 458.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.27 mb = 14801.64 m = 48561.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 71.3 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 53.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 550.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 550.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 124.84 m/s