MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 20.20,-93.19 Latitude: 20.20 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 1 28.0 23.6 77 4.4 24.7 43 8 300.1 303.5 297.5 354.1 18.41 1 1000 108 27.0 22.4 76 4.5 23.7 43 8 300.1 303.3 296.8 350.9 17.35 2 950 560 23.2 20.9 87 2.3 21.6 53 8 300.7 303.7 296.5 349.4 16.58 3 900 1032 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.3 95 9 303.3 305.9 295.3 343.9 13.66 4 850 1526 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.0 119 15 305.7 308.0 295.0 343.0 12.46 5 800 2044 15.3 12.6 84 2.8 13.5 122 19 307.5 309.7 294.8 342.3 11.52 6 750 2590 12.2 10.0 87 2.2 10.8 129 16 309.8 311.8 294.7 341.5 10.36 7 700 3166 9.3 7.0 86 2.3 7.9 138 14 312.8 314.5 294.5 340.8 9.04 8 650 3779 6.2 3.7 84 2.5 4.7 146 11 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.2 7.70 9 600 4432 2.5 -0.1 83 2.6 1.1 147 9 319.1 320.3 294.1 339.4 6.35 10 550 5131 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.1 -3.0 157 10 322.4 323.4 294.0 338.7 4.97 11 500 5886 -5.4 -9.3 74 3.8 -7.1 166 10 326.4 327.2 294.1 339.1 3.79 12 450 6706 -10.1 -12.1 85 2.0 -10.9 186 12 330.5 331.2 294.8 342.0 3.35 13 400 7605 -15.5 -16.2 94 0.7 -15.7 211 12 334.8 335.4 295.3 344.3 2.70 14 350 8600 -22.0 -24.8 79 2.7 -22.8 289 4 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.4 1.47 15 300 9717 -29.9 -31.7 84 1.8 -30.2 179 3 343.3 343.5 295.9 346.7 0.90 16 250 10987 -40.4 -44.4 66 3.9 -40.8 176 11 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.1 0.30 17 200 12465 -53.0 -58.0 55 4.9 -53.2 235 9 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14256 -67.5 -72.8 47 5.3 -67.5 343 4 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16597 -80.2 -81.2 84 1.1 -80.2 47 5 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.60 m Freezing level: 567.77 mb = 4882.64 m = 16018.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.71 mb = 4611.80 m = 15130.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.67 mb = 563.13 m = 1847.51 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1409.33 m = 4623.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 592.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.79 mb = 879.90 m = 2886.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.79 mb = 2035.95 m = 6679.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.79 mb = 12439.19 m = 40810.49 ft B at Equ Level: 592.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.79 mb = 16004.98 m = 52509.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 129.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 159.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 24.17 Bulk Shear: 24.52 m/s