MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 5.15,-96.26 Latitude: 5.15 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 25.2 22.0 82 3.3 22.9 204 14 297.4 300.4 295.7 345.6 16.63 1 1000 99 24.1 20.8 82 3.3 21.8 204 15 297.2 300.1 295.0 342.6 15.67 2 950 546 20.0 19.7 98 0.3 19.8 207 14 297.5 300.3 294.8 342.2 15.43 3 900 1013 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 234 8 300.0 302.6 294.8 341.9 14.31 4 850 1502 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 298 7 302.9 305.4 294.9 342.5 13.37 5 800 2018 14.6 13.0 90 1.6 13.5 342 4 306.7 308.9 294.8 342.3 11.82 6 750 2563 12.4 9.7 84 2.7 10.7 140 1 310.1 312.0 294.6 341.1 10.16 7 700 3140 9.5 6.7 83 2.8 7.8 194 1 313.0 314.6 294.4 340.3 8.82 8 650 3752 5.9 4.0 87 1.9 4.8 298 4 315.6 317.1 294.4 340.3 7.85 9 600 4405 2.3 0.3 86 2.1 1.2 314 10 318.8 320.1 294.2 339.7 6.52 10 550 5104 -1.0 -5.6 71 4.6 -3.3 306 18 322.9 323.8 293.8 338.0 4.59 11 500 5861 -4.3 -12.8 51 8.6 -7.8 273 22 327.9 328.4 293.7 337.6 2.85 12 450 6682 -10.4 -14.3 73 3.9 -11.9 237 13 330.2 330.8 294.3 339.9 2.81 13 400 7580 -15.7 -16.5 94 0.8 -16.0 309 8 334.6 335.1 295.3 343.9 2.64 14 350 8574 -22.5 -25.1 79 2.6 -23.2 79 5 338.4 338.7 295.2 343.6 1.42 15 300 9687 -30.7 -34.5 70 3.7 -31.4 51 11 342.0 342.2 295.4 344.7 0.69 16 250 10952 -41.8 -46.7 59 4.9 -42.2 38 15 343.9 344.0 295.5 344.8 0.23 17 200 12420 -54.7 -57.7 70 3.0 -54.8 64 37 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.08 18 150 14199 -68.5 -73.7 47 5.3 -68.5 81 32 352.1 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 19 100 16556 -78.8 -82.2 57 3.5 -78.8 162 2 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.93 m Freezing level: 565.09 mb = 4892.71 m = 16051.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.62 mb = 4585.72 m = 15044.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.70 mb = 412.48 m = 1353.26 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 660.54 m = 2167.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2087.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.14 mb = 618.02 m = 2027.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 28.32 m/s