MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 29.39,-108.68 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -108.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 573 2 900 1044 SFC 855 1495 28.1 11.1 35 17.0 16.8 168 2 315.1 317.0 295.7 345.6 9.78 4 850 1543 25.6 10.5 38 15.2 15.7 144 2 313.0 314.8 294.8 342.1 9.39 5 800 2071 21.7 7.2 39 14.6 12.7 125 3 314.3 315.9 294.1 339.3 7.98 6 750 2626 16.7 5.0 46 11.7 9.7 126 5 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.7 7.33 7 700 3208 11.2 3.7 60 7.6 6.8 120 4 314.9 316.3 293.6 337.3 7.12 8 650 3821 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.6 113 4 315.3 316.6 293.5 336.8 6.85 9 600 4470 0.1 -2.8 81 2.9 -1.4 80 1 316.2 317.2 292.4 332.8 5.19 10 550 5164 -1.5 -23.6 17 22.1 -8.4 33 3 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.03 11 500 5918 -5.0 -32.6 9 27.6 -11.9 129 8 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.49 12 450 6736 -10.9 -37.6 9 26.6 -16.3 132 6 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.34 13 400 7631 -16.4 -42.0 9 25.6 -20.6 343 4 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.24 14 350 8621 -23.1 -47.3 9 24.2 -26.1 308 11 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 15 300 9731 -31.3 -52.0 11 20.8 -33.1 290 14 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.10 16 250 10995 -41.3 -49.5 41 8.2 -41.9 276 10 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.3 0.17 17 200 12470 -52.9 -62.8 29 9.9 -53.2 300 7 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14263 -67.1 -70.6 61 3.5 -67.1 276 13 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16642 -76.4 -81.8 42 5.4 -76.4 214 5 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.90 m Freezing level: 596.54 mb = 4517.81 m = 14822.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.92 mb = 4283.97 m = 14054.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.60 mb = 3612.50 m = 11851.89 ft T: 7.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.06 mb = 3958.66 m = 12987.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 15.50 C K Index: 33.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 651.49 mb = 3802.17 m = 12474.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.49 mb = 4119.67 m = 13515.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 566.49 mb = 4928.34 m = 16168.88 ft B at Equ Level: 20.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 526.49 mb = 5509.49 m = 18075.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.0 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 145.0 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -2.4 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 33.16 Bulk Shear: 0.65 m/s