MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-100.28 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 534 SFC 913 878 26.2 20.7 72 5.5 22.2 265 2 307.2 310.4 298.4 358.6 17.03 3 900 1006 23.5 19.3 77 4.2 20.5 273 1 305.7 308.7 297.3 353.2 15.83 4 850 1502 19.2 17.1 87 2.1 17.8 263 1 306.3 309.0 296.7 350.1 14.58 5 800 2022 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.2 130 1 308.6 310.9 295.4 344.8 11.92 6 750 2570 13.4 9.6 78 3.8 11.0 120 4 311.1 313.0 294.8 342.1 10.09 7 700 3149 10.3 6.6 78 3.7 8.0 133 6 313.8 315.5 294.6 341.1 8.77 8 650 3763 6.5 3.5 81 3.0 4.8 135 7 316.3 317.8 294.4 340.2 7.59 9 600 4416 2.6 0.8 88 1.8 1.6 126 6 319.2 320.5 294.5 340.8 6.79 10 550 5116 -1.2 -3.0 87 1.9 -2.1 128 6 322.7 323.8 294.5 340.9 5.57 11 500 5872 -4.6 -7.1 83 2.4 -5.8 150 5 327.4 328.3 294.9 342.4 4.50 12 450 6695 -9.1 -12.6 76 3.5 -10.5 227 4 331.8 332.5 295.0 342.9 3.23 13 400 7597 -14.9 -17.5 81 2.6 -15.8 164 3 335.6 336.1 295.3 344.2 2.42 14 350 8594 -21.7 -24.1 80 2.5 -22.4 76 0 339.5 339.9 295.6 345.2 1.55 15 300 9710 -30.3 -35.0 63 4.8 -31.0 79 2 342.7 342.9 295.6 345.2 0.65 16 250 10978 -41.3 -45.8 61 4.5 -41.7 22 7 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.7 0.25 17 200 12452 -53.5 -60.3 43 6.8 -53.7 30 7 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.06 18 150 14236 -68.8 -71.5 69 2.6 -68.9 121 4 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 19 100 16582 -77.4 -82.4 45 5.0 -77.4 89 8 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.73 m Freezing level: 565.31 mb = 4901.50 m = 16080.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.64 mb = 4707.44 m = 15444.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.76 mb = 1575.67 m = 5169.46 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.24 mb = 2041.12 m = 6696.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 818.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.68 mb = 1772.13 m = 5814.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.68 mb = 2697.60 m = 8850.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.68 mb = 13887.46 m = 45561.98 ft B at Equ Level: 816.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.8 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 170.8 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 211.98 Bulk Shear: 3.86 m/s