MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 20.14,-85.63 Latitude: 20.14 Longitude: -85.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 29.3 25.0 77 4.4 26.1 111 14 301.3 304.9 298.8 360.3 20.01 1 1000 125 28.1 22.9 74 5.1 24.3 112 17 301.2 304.5 297.5 353.9 17.88 2 950 579 23.8 21.5 87 2.3 22.2 114 18 301.4 304.5 297.1 352.2 17.25 3 900 1051 21.1 17.7 81 3.3 18.8 123 19 303.2 305.9 295.7 345.7 14.33 4 850 1545 18.9 14.3 74 4.6 15.8 128 17 306.0 308.2 294.9 342.4 12.13 5 800 2064 16.4 11.2 71 5.2 13.0 133 15 308.6 310.6 294.4 340.5 10.48 6 750 2612 13.2 8.6 73 4.7 10.3 135 14 310.9 312.7 294.3 339.7 9.38 7 700 3190 9.7 5.7 76 4.0 7.3 136 15 313.2 314.8 294.0 338.8 8.23 8 650 3802 5.9 2.3 77 3.6 3.9 137 16 315.7 317.0 293.7 337.6 6.96 9 600 4453 2.1 -1.7 76 3.8 0.1 139 18 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.5 5.62 10 550 5151 -2.0 -6.8 70 4.8 -4.3 145 18 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.4 4.18 11 500 5903 -6.2 -11.4 67 5.2 -8.4 158 22 325.4 326.1 293.3 336.2 3.19 12 450 6721 -10.6 -12.6 85 2.0 -11.5 168 15 329.9 330.5 294.6 340.9 3.23 13 400 7618 -16.0 -17.4 88 1.5 -16.5 142 8 334.2 334.7 295.0 342.8 2.43 14 350 8612 -22.5 -25.1 79 2.6 -23.2 122 13 338.4 338.7 295.2 343.6 1.42 15 300 9724 -30.9 -38.1 49 7.2 -31.9 113 7 341.9 342.0 295.2 343.7 0.48 16 250 10988 -41.9 -49.9 41 8.1 -42.4 120 14 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.4 0.16 17 200 12456 -54.7 -58.2 65 3.5 -54.8 177 5 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14235 -69.1 -69.7 92 0.6 -69.1 270 13 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 19 100 16585 -77.2 -81.4 51 4.2 -77.1 77 11 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.28 m Freezing level: 574.68 mb = 4806.66 m = 15769.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.10 mb = 4465.51 m = 14650.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.69 mb = 553.58 m = 1816.20 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 24.95 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1224.93 m = 4018.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1544.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.42 mb = 892.73 m = 2928.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.42 mb = 2263.75 m = 7426.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.42 mb = 14576.29 m = 47821.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1515.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 164.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -3.3 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 265.53 Bulk Shear: 5.82 m/s