MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 22.09,-104.69 Latitude: 22.09 Longitude: -104.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 555 SFC 922 817 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 226 1 301.7 304.8 297.0 351.9 17.02 3 900 1024 21.3 20.5 95 0.9 20.8 234 3 303.5 306.7 297.5 354.3 17.08 4 850 1520 19.4 18.5 95 0.9 18.8 248 4 306.5 309.5 297.6 354.5 15.99 5 800 2042 17.5 13.9 79 3.6 15.1 269 2 309.8 312.2 296.3 348.2 12.59 6 750 2592 15.4 7.0 57 8.5 10.2 78 2 313.3 314.9 294.1 339.4 8.38 7 700 3174 12.1 -0.6 42 12.7 5.2 91 11 315.9 316.9 292.4 332.5 5.24 8 650 3789 7.2 -6.0 38 13.2 0.8 94 15 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.3 3.76 9 600 4443 3.9 -15.7 22 19.7 -3.7 121 10 320.7 321.0 290.9 327.0 1.87 10 550 5145 0.7 -28.4 9 29.1 -7.8 127 17 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.3 0.67 11 500 5903 -4.1 -33.8 8 29.6 -11.4 121 24 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.44 12 450 6724 -9.8 -38.8 7 29.0 -15.7 117 29 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.29 13 400 7620 -16.5 -44.9 7 28.4 -20.8 110 30 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 14 350 8612 -22.3 -51.2 5 28.9 -25.6 103 23 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.10 15 300 9725 -30.3 -53.3 9 22.9 -32.3 83 20 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 16 250 10998 -39.4 -58.3 12 19.0 -40.4 73 22 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.06 17 200 12484 -51.8 -67.1 14 15.4 -52.1 48 12 350.7 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14286 -66.5 -75.5 27 9.0 -66.5 281 12 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16637 -79.2 -82.5 59 3.2 -79.2 164 7 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.88 m Freezing level: 542.58 mb = 5257.53 m = 17248.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.81 mb = 3905.55 m = 12813.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.53 mb = 913.83 m = 2998.10 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 27.57 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1908.15 m = 6260.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.20 mb = 1446.66 m = 4746.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.20 mb = 3388.00 m = 11115.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.20 mb = 13421.28 m = 44032.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1079.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.8 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 146.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -5.4 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 38.54 Bulk Shear: 28.03 m/s