MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 18.78,-102.33 Latitude: 18.78 Longitude: -102.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 550 SFC 937 669 20.4 19.7 96 0.6 19.9 54 1 299.0 301.9 295.4 344.5 15.62 3 900 1018 19.8 18.9 94 1.0 19.2 127 1 301.9 304.8 296.1 347.4 15.41 4 850 1510 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 231 1 304.9 307.6 296.1 347.4 14.24 5 800 2028 15.4 14.2 93 1.2 14.6 339 1 307.5 310.0 295.8 346.3 12.84 6 750 2575 13.1 10.1 82 3.0 11.2 30 2 310.8 312.8 295.0 342.8 10.42 7 700 3154 10.4 7.0 80 3.3 8.3 41 4 314.0 315.7 294.8 342.1 9.04 8 650 3768 7.0 4.8 86 2.2 5.7 54 5 316.9 318.5 295.1 343.2 8.35 9 600 4423 3.2 1.5 89 1.7 2.2 79 5 319.8 321.2 295.0 342.7 7.14 10 550 5125 -0.7 -4.1 78 3.4 -2.4 103 5 323.2 324.2 294.3 340.0 5.14 11 500 5881 -4.9 -9.0 73 4.1 -6.7 109 8 327.1 327.8 294.3 340.1 3.88 12 450 6703 -9.4 -13.8 70 4.4 -11.2 115 13 331.4 332.0 294.7 341.5 2.92 13 400 7604 -14.9 -18.7 73 3.8 -16.2 114 17 335.6 336.0 295.1 343.3 2.18 14 350 8601 -21.7 -26.3 66 4.6 -22.9 116 22 339.5 339.8 295.3 344.2 1.27 15 300 9717 -30.1 -32.6 79 2.5 -30.6 117 21 342.9 343.1 295.7 346.1 0.82 16 250 10986 -40.8 -41.6 92 0.8 -40.9 104 15 345.3 345.4 296.0 346.9 0.40 17 200 12462 -53.5 -54.5 89 0.9 -53.5 111 10 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.12 18 150 14249 -67.1 -73.5 40 6.4 -67.2 82 9 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16603 -78.4 -82.3 53 3.9 -78.4 77 21 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.04 m Freezing level: 559.26 mb = 4994.72 m = 16386.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.04 mb = 4751.88 m = 15589.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.65 mb = 746.68 m = 2449.72 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1640.62 m = 5382.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.39 mb = 1276.15 m = 4186.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.39 mb = 4045.22 m = 13271.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.39 mb = 10756.57 m = 35290.15 ft B at Equ Level: 128.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.39 mb = 13531.10 m = 44392.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.8 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 119.8 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 66.96 Bulk Shear: 1.93 m/s