MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 24.93,-106.75 Latitude: 24.93 Longitude: -106.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 548 2 900 1017 SFC 898 1035 25.0 16.8 60 8.3 19.2 235 0 307.5 310.0 296.2 348.2 13.49 4 850 1510 20.5 12.7 61 7.9 15.3 60 2 307.6 309.7 294.4 340.6 10.89 5 800 2032 18.0 9.0 56 8.9 12.3 78 5 310.3 312.0 293.9 338.1 9.07 6 750 2581 14.5 7.0 61 7.5 9.9 109 4 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.3 8.39 7 700 3161 10.5 5.5 71 5.1 7.5 118 2 314.2 315.7 294.2 339.4 8.10 8 650 3774 6.0 4.0 87 2.0 4.8 250 3 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.4 7.87 9 600 4426 1.6 1.1 97 0.5 1.3 230 8 318.0 319.3 294.3 340.0 6.93 10 550 5123 -2.4 -4.0 89 1.6 -3.2 237 13 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.0 5.18 11 500 5874 -6.9 -8.4 89 1.6 -7.6 241 15 324.6 325.4 293.9 338.1 4.05 12 450 6689 -11.5 -13.8 83 2.4 -12.4 245 16 328.8 329.4 294.0 338.8 2.92 13 400 7583 -17.1 -21.1 71 4.0 -18.3 246 17 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.0 1.78 14 350 8572 -23.2 -32.1 44 8.9 -25.0 247 26 337.5 337.6 294.4 340.3 0.74 15 300 9684 -30.3 -42.9 28 12.7 -31.8 249 31 342.7 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.29 16 250 10954 -40.7 -54.9 20 14.2 -41.5 263 27 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.09 17 200 12429 -53.6 -58.9 52 5.3 -53.8 262 25 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.07 18 150 14221 -66.9 -76.4 25 9.4 -67.0 279 24 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16585 -77.1 -83.0 39 5.9 -77.1 343 13 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.76 m Freezing level: 580.18 mb = 4701.96 m = 15426.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.50 mb = 4621.78 m = 15163.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.92 mb = 2075.19 m = 6808.29 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.05 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.04 mb = 3279.64 m = 10759.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.98 mb = 2570.10 m = 8432.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.98 mb = 4345.10 m = 14255.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.98 mb = 7847.15 m = 25744.94 ft B at Equ Level: 71.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.98 mb = 9541.87 m = 31304.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -6.4 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.89 Bulk Shear: 12.31 m/s