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,-67 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -67.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -215 SFC 976 -0 26.7 24.2 86 2.5 24.9 244 76 302.0 305.6 298.8 360.8 19.89 2 950 239 24.1 22.3 90 1.8 22.8 253 102 301.7 305.0 297.7 355.3 18.16 3 900 712 20.7 20.7 100 0.0 20.8 259 107 302.9 306.1 297.5 354.3 17.33 4 850 1207 19.8 17.5 86 2.3 18.2 260 113 306.9 309.7 297.0 351.9 14.95 5 800 1730 18.0 14.0 78 3.9 15.3 258 117 310.3 312.7 296.4 349.1 12.71 6 750 2281 15.2 11.5 79 3.7 12.8 259 116 313.1 315.3 296.3 348.6 11.48 7 700 2865 12.8 9.4 80 3.5 10.6 260 113 316.7 318.8 296.7 350.1 10.64 8 650 3486 9.8 6.8 82 3.0 7.9 262 109 320.0 321.9 296.7 350.6 9.60 9 600 4148 6.1 3.7 84 2.4 4.6 263 104 323.2 324.8 296.7 350.2 8.35 10 550 4858 2.3 0.9 90 1.4 1.5 266 102 326.8 328.3 296.9 351.3 7.45 11 500 5625 -0.8 -2.2 90 1.4 -1.6 269 100 332.0 333.3 297.4 353.9 6.51 12 450 6462 -4.8 -6.7 86 2.0 -5.8 268 98 337.3 338.3 297.7 355.0 5.15 13 400 7382 -9.9 -13.0 78 3.2 -11.2 262 95 342.2 342.9 297.6 354.7 3.52 14 350 8400 -16.5 -17.5 92 1.1 -16.9 266 91 346.5 347.1 298.0 356.6 2.76 15 300 9544 -23.6 -24.9 89 1.3 -23.9 269 76 352.2 352.5 298.4 358.6 1.70 16 250 10854 -33.0 -35.4 79 2.4 -33.4 267 53 357.1 357.2 298.7 360.1 0.75 17 200 12379 -46.4 -48.2 82 1.8 -46.5 259 38 359.3 359.4 298.8 360.4 0.24 18 150 14220 -62.3 -66.5 56 4.3 -62.3 262 32 362.8 362.8 299.3 363.0 0.03 19 100 16633 -74.3 -80.1 41 5.7 -74.4 297 14 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.71 m Freezing level: 513.36 mb = 5420.13 m = 17782.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 526.10 mb = 5215.51 m = 17111.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.66 mb = 316.33 m = 1037.81 ft T: 23.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 12.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 632.31 m = 2074.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.33 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.40 mb = 611.22 m = 2005.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.40 mb = 659.32 m = 2163.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.40 mb = 853.35 m = 2799.67 ft B at Equ Level: 10.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 825.40 mb = 1460.31 m = 4790.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 107.2 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 80.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 749.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 747.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 249.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 48.35 m/s