MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-102.56 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 1 950 433 2 900 904 SFC 864 1270 31.1 3.5 17 27.7 14.5 217 31 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.5 5.69 4 850 1410 28.5 2.5 19 26.0 13.2 219 42 316.0 317.0 292.6 333.1 5.39 5 800 1942 22.9 1.1 24 21.8 10.5 222 48 315.6 316.6 292.3 332.1 5.19 6 750 2498 17.6 -0.1 30 17.7 7.8 225 49 315.7 316.7 292.2 331.8 5.08 7 700 3081 12.1 -1.2 40 13.3 4.9 227 49 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.8 5.01 8 650 3696 6.2 -2.4 54 8.7 1.7 229 48 316.0 316.9 292.2 331.7 4.92 9 600 4345 0.6 -6.0 61 6.6 -2.5 233 49 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.08 10 550 5042 -0.0 -37.0 4 37.0 -8.8 242 56 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.1 0.29 11 500 5798 -4.8 -37.0 6 32.2 -12.1 241 60 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.32 12 450 6616 -11.5 -33.3 15 21.8 -16.3 240 63 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.51 13 400 7505 -18.8 -32.1 30 13.3 -21.5 238 66 330.5 330.7 292.5 332.9 0.65 14 350 8485 -26.2 -39.3 28 13.1 -28.1 240 74 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.36 15 300 9581 -34.2 -53.1 13 18.9 -35.5 246 81 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 16 250 10830 -43.9 -55.7 26 11.8 -44.4 250 91 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.08 17 200 12297 -53.1 -62.7 30 9.7 -53.3 249 98 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14091 -66.6 -72.3 44 5.7 -66.6 257 99 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16479 -74.1 -82.9 25 8.8 -74.2 243 70 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.85 m Freezing level: 551.63 mb = 5019.66 m = 16468.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.63 mb = 3953.83 m = 12971.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 575.95 mb = 4672.86 m = 15330.71 ft T: 0.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 497.75 mb = 5833.20 m = 19137.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.64 C = 105.15 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.28 C Cross Totals Index: 7.32 C K Index: 22.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4330.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.07 mb = 4643.33 m = 15233.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 53.4 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 40.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 35.97 m/s