MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 120 1 950 558 2 900 1022 SFC 870 1313 20.3 13.6 65 6.7 15.9 55 2 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.3 11.32 4 850 1515 18.9 12.4 66 6.5 14.7 69 2 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.1 10.71 5 800 2035 17.0 9.1 59 8.0 12.0 133 6 309.3 311.0 293.6 337.0 9.08 6 750 2583 13.6 6.5 62 7.1 9.3 167 7 311.3 312.9 293.4 336.4 8.11 7 700 3160 9.3 3.5 67 5.8 5.9 185 10 312.7 314.1 293.0 334.6 7.03 8 650 3770 4.7 0.5 74 4.2 2.4 189 13 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.6 6.13 9 600 4418 0.1 -2.3 84 2.4 -1.2 192 14 316.3 317.3 292.6 333.4 5.38 10 550 5110 -4.5 -6.7 84 2.2 -5.5 214 15 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.4 4.21 11 500 5856 -8.4 -14.5 61 6.2 -10.7 223 24 322.8 323.3 292.0 331.2 2.48 12 450 6665 -13.7 -18.6 66 4.9 -15.3 213 25 326.0 326.4 292.4 332.7 1.96 13 400 7550 -19.9 -23.6 72 3.8 -20.8 214 28 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.2 1.42 14 350 8527 -26.7 -31.0 67 4.3 -27.5 219 40 332.8 332.9 293.3 335.8 0.82 15 300 9621 -35.0 -39.0 67 4.0 -35.5 224 51 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.43 16 250 10865 -44.9 -48.2 70 3.2 -45.1 221 60 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 17 200 12329 -52.9 -67.5 15 14.6 -53.2 227 62 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14140 -62.2 -75.2 16 13.0 -62.3 229 58 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16583 -70.5 -82.5 15 12.0 -70.6 204 14 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.04 m Freezing level: 598.70 mb = 4436.02 m = 14553.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.12 mb = 4203.49 m = 13790.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.89 mb = 2164.56 m = 7101.48 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.13 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3355.43 m = 11008.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.42 mb = 2747.19 m = 9012.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.42 mb = 4278.68 m = 14037.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.42 mb = 9153.65 m = 30031.28 ft B at Equ Level: 133.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.42 mb = 11400.00 m = 37401.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.6 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 234.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 38.25 m/s