MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 21.62,-114.69 Latitude: 21.62 Longitude: -114.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 25.9 20.6 73 5.3 22.2 343 8 298.0 300.7 294.8 342.3 15.27 1 1000 108 24.7 19.4 72 5.4 21.0 344 9 297.9 300.5 294.1 339.4 14.31 2 950 556 22.0 15.2 65 6.8 17.5 346 6 299.5 301.6 292.6 333.3 11.53 3 900 1026 21.2 12.6 58 8.6 15.6 14 3 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.8 10.23 4 850 1519 19.2 10.7 58 8.4 13.8 64 4 306.2 308.0 293.0 335.0 9.56 5 800 2039 16.8 8.9 60 7.9 11.9 93 7 309.1 310.8 293.4 336.6 9.01 6 750 2587 13.8 8.1 69 5.7 10.2 100 11 311.5 313.2 294.2 339.5 9.08 7 700 3166 10.2 6.1 76 4.1 7.7 99 13 313.8 315.4 294.4 340.1 8.47 8 650 3779 6.3 3.6 83 2.7 4.7 93 13 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.2 7.66 9 600 4432 2.3 -1.0 79 3.3 0.5 86 12 318.7 319.9 293.7 337.7 5.92 10 550 5130 -1.5 -7.6 63 6.1 -4.3 72 11 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.3 3.94 11 500 5885 -4.8 -18.4 34 13.5 -9.6 51 11 327.2 327.5 292.6 333.4 1.80 12 450 6707 -9.1 -22.3 33 13.2 -13.3 57 8 331.8 332.1 293.5 336.8 1.41 13 400 7608 -15.0 -24.0 46 9.0 -17.6 60 6 335.5 335.8 294.4 340.5 1.38 14 350 8603 -22.6 -31.2 46 8.5 -24.4 108 6 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.3 0.81 15 300 9714 -31.5 -40.8 39 9.3 -32.7 119 11 341.0 341.1 294.9 342.4 0.36 16 250 10976 -41.6 -44.6 73 3.0 -41.9 149 20 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.29 17 200 12450 -53.4 -59.2 49 5.8 -53.5 167 20 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14237 -67.8 -72.1 54 4.3 -67.8 157 19 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 19 100 16595 -78.3 -81.8 57 3.5 -78.4 112 20 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.16 m Freezing level: 569.73 mb = 4854.75 m = 15927.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.92 mb = 4500.19 m = 14764.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.46 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.86 mb = 667.58 m = 2190.20 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.32 mb = 2833.08 m = 9294.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.44 C = 104.80 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 15.52 C K Index: 30.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4425.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.75 mb = 1271.50 m = 4171.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.6 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 106.6 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 21.21 m/s