MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 21.01,-96.74 Latitude: 21.01 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 27.0 22.0 74 5.0 23.5 40 1 298.9 301.9 296.1 347.4 16.67 1 1000 131 25.9 21.2 75 4.7 22.5 44 2 299.0 302.0 295.7 345.7 16.02 2 950 582 22.7 19.0 80 3.7 20.1 90 5 300.3 302.9 295.1 343.4 14.72 3 900 1052 19.7 17.4 86 2.4 18.1 106 10 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.1 13.99 4 850 1543 16.8 15.6 92 1.3 16.0 112 15 303.8 306.2 295.1 343.1 13.22 5 800 2059 14.4 13.1 92 1.3 13.5 116 18 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.3 11.90 6 750 2604 11.7 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 117 20 309.2 311.2 294.7 341.5 10.60 7 700 3179 8.6 7.6 93 1.1 8.0 112 20 312.0 313.8 294.6 341.0 9.38 8 650 3790 5.6 4.2 91 1.3 4.8 105 20 315.2 316.8 294.4 340.3 8.01 9 600 4442 2.1 0.5 89 1.7 1.3 99 19 318.6 319.9 294.3 339.8 6.63 10 550 5141 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.6 -2.5 88 17 322.1 323.2 294.3 339.9 5.48 11 500 5895 -5.2 -7.7 82 2.5 -6.4 78 13 326.7 327.6 294.6 341.0 4.28 12 450 6716 -10.2 -12.7 82 2.5 -11.2 62 13 330.4 331.0 294.7 341.4 3.21 13 400 7614 -16.0 -17.6 87 1.6 -16.5 59 9 334.2 334.7 295.0 342.7 2.40 14 350 8607 -22.6 -24.1 88 1.4 -23.0 255 1 338.2 338.6 295.3 343.9 1.56 15 300 9720 -30.6 -36.3 58 5.6 -31.5 214 11 342.2 342.3 295.4 344.4 0.57 16 250 10986 -41.4 -47.4 52 6.0 -41.8 180 9 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.21 17 200 12459 -53.8 -62.6 33 8.8 -54.0 163 7 347.5 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14245 -67.3 -73.6 40 6.3 -67.4 36 8 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16599 -79.5 -80.7 82 1.3 -79.5 55 15 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.02 m Freezing level: 571.80 mb = 4836.02 m = 15866.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4668.17 m = 15315.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.68 mb = 630.76 m = 2069.39 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 4.36 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1320.91 m = 4333.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.19 mb = 953.93 m = 3129.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.19 mb = 2657.32 m = 8718.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.19 mb = 8497.62 m = 27879.00 ft B at Equ Level: 94.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.19 mb = 11388.90 m = 37364.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 133.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 24.02 m/s