MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 31.85,-106.27 Latitude: 31.85 Longitude: -106.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 556 2 900 1022 SFC 870 1313 21.8 12.5 56 9.3 15.7 245 4 306.9 308.9 294.0 338.7 10.54 4 850 1517 20.4 11.4 56 9.0 14.6 247 6 307.6 309.4 293.8 337.9 10.02 5 800 2038 17.7 9.1 57 8.6 12.3 188 5 310.0 311.8 293.8 338.0 9.13 6 750 2587 13.7 7.3 65 6.4 9.7 161 8 311.4 313.1 293.8 337.9 8.60 7 700 3164 8.6 5.6 81 3.0 6.8 158 9 312.0 313.6 293.6 337.3 8.18 8 650 3773 3.8 3.1 95 0.7 3.4 162 10 313.3 314.7 293.4 336.3 7.37 9 600 4419 -0.8 -2.1 91 1.3 -1.4 178 11 315.2 316.3 292.4 332.6 5.48 10 550 5109 -5.1 -8.1 79 3.0 -6.4 201 12 318.0 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.77 11 500 5852 -9.2 -11.6 83 2.4 -10.1 224 18 321.8 322.5 292.3 332.3 3.16 12 450 6660 -13.7 -15.3 88 1.6 -14.3 231 31 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.8 2.58 13 400 7546 -19.5 -20.3 93 0.9 -19.7 225 36 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.4 1.90 14 350 8524 -26.5 -27.0 95 0.5 -26.6 227 47 333.1 333.3 293.7 337.4 1.19 15 300 9619 -34.8 -35.2 96 0.4 -34.8 226 51 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.8 0.64 16 250 10864 -44.9 -44.9 100 0.0 -44.9 224 59 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.28 17 200 12325 -53.3 -57.0 64 3.7 -53.4 223 77 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.09 18 150 14139 -61.2 -76.0 12 14.8 -61.3 234 56 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16583 -72.1 -82.5 20 10.4 -72.2 222 12 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.31 m Freezing level: 608.53 mb = 4308.67 m = 14135.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.86 mb = 4221.47 m = 13849.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.85 mb = 2487.66 m = 8161.50 ft T: 14.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 7.73 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.77 mb = 3297.28 m = 10817.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.66 mb = 2921.22 m = 9583.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.66 mb = 3701.84 m = 12145.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.66 mb = 9036.19 m = 29645.93 ft B at Equ Level: 212.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.66 mb = 11831.27 m = 38816.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 16.41 Bulk Shear: 12.97 m/s