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,-66.5 Latitude: 33.50 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 -136 SFC 985 -0 26.4 24.6 90 1.9 25.0 196 75 300.9 304.6 298.7 360.1 20.09 2 950 317 23.1 22.3 95 0.8 22.6 205 103 300.6 304.0 297.5 354.0 18.14 3 900 788 20.3 20.4 100 -0.0 20.4 212 110 302.5 305.6 297.2 352.6 16.96 4 850 1282 18.3 18.2 100 0.0 18.2 219 111 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.1 15.67 5 800 1802 16.3 16.2 100 0.0 16.3 226 109 308.5 311.2 297.3 352.9 14.68 6 750 2350 13.8 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 226 107 311.6 314.1 297.1 352.4 13.31 7 700 2931 11.2 10.5 96 0.6 10.7 227 106 314.9 317.1 296.8 350.7 11.51 8 650 3548 7.8 6.9 94 0.9 7.2 230 108 317.8 319.7 296.3 348.3 9.65 9 600 4206 4.1 3.7 97 0.4 3.9 232 106 320.9 322.5 296.1 347.6 8.35 10 550 4911 0.7 -0.1 95 0.8 0.3 235 101 324.9 326.3 296.1 347.5 6.94 11 500 5674 -2.4 -4.2 88 1.8 -3.3 237 97 330.1 331.2 296.4 348.9 5.62 12 450 6504 -6.9 -9.4 82 2.6 -8.1 238 97 334.6 335.5 296.4 348.9 4.17 13 400 7417 -10.8 -16.3 64 5.5 -13.0 244 103 340.9 341.5 296.7 350.5 2.68 14 350 8426 -19.2 -19.3 99 0.1 -19.3 250 102 342.8 343.3 297.0 351.4 2.37 15 300 9559 -24.9 -24.9 100 0.0 -24.9 258 72 350.2 350.6 298.0 356.6 1.68 16 250 10862 -33.6 -34.5 92 0.9 -33.7 246 48 356.2 356.3 298.6 359.4 0.82 17 200 12385 -46.6 -50.4 65 3.8 -46.9 242 34 359.0 359.0 298.7 359.8 0.19 18 150 14222 -63.2 -63.9 91 0.7 -63.3 249 32 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.4 0.05 19 100 16627 -74.2 -81.1 34 6.9 -74.2 295 12 384.3 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.73 m Freezing level: 539.03 mb = 5078.19 m = 16660.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 546.44 mb = 4962.66 m = 16281.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.08 mb = 232.96 m = 764.28 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.80 mb = 551.01 m = 1807.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 599.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.89 mb = 540.79 m = 1774.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.89 mb = 587.99 m = 1929.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.89 mb = 7208.92 m = 23651.01 ft B at Equ Level: 227.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.89 mb = 12023.15 m = 39445.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 104.5 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 78.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1283.7 neg: -4.0 tot: 1279.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 426.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 220.67 m/s