MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 35.23,-103.06 Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 525 2 900 989 SFC 874 1242 19.1 7.3 46 11.8 12.0 209 15 303.7 305.1 290.5 325.8 7.34 4 850 1480 19.1 6.6 44 12.5 11.7 216 30 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.0 7.20 5 800 2001 18.6 2.9 35 15.7 9.6 236 37 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.4 5.92 6 750 2550 14.8 0.4 37 14.5 6.9 255 27 312.7 313.7 291.5 329.2 5.25 7 700 3129 10.0 -2.0 43 12.0 3.8 264 24 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.4 4.71 8 650 3739 4.7 -3.2 57 7.9 0.7 259 21 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.1 4.66 9 600 4385 -0.4 -4.4 75 3.9 -2.3 253 21 315.6 316.5 291.8 330.3 4.61 10 550 5076 -3.9 -14.3 44 10.4 -7.9 253 19 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.0 2.29 11 500 5823 -7.6 -31.9 12 24.2 -13.4 266 20 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.53 12 450 6634 -13.4 -41.2 8 27.8 -18.1 275 23 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.23 13 400 7517 -20.3 -47.1 7 26.8 -23.7 277 26 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.14 14 350 8490 -28.2 -52.3 8 24.1 -30.3 270 26 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 15 300 9575 -37.5 -54.7 15 17.2 -38.5 266 31 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.08 16 250 10807 -46.5 -58.1 26 11.6 -46.9 264 37 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 17 200 12264 -53.4 -69.1 13 15.7 -53.7 258 51 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14073 -63.2 -77.0 14 13.7 -63.3 248 52 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16532 -69.1 -82.7 12 13.5 -69.2 228 14 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.22 m Freezing level: 604.37 mb = 4328.97 m = 14202.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.14 mb = 3887.77 m = 12754.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.79 mb = 2744.87 m = 9005.38 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 0.95 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.91 mb = 4279.71 m = 14040.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.51 C Showalter Index: 4.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 14.22 C K Index: 21.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5668.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.28 mb = 3522.93 m = 11558.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.2 neg: -11.5 tot: 198.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 35.70 m/s