MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 18.51,-93.35 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 28.0 23.6 77 4.4 24.7 37 8 300.1 303.4 297.5 353.9 18.36 1 1000 110 26.9 22.2 75 4.8 23.5 39 9 300.1 303.2 296.6 350.0 17.04 2 950 562 24.0 18.9 73 5.1 20.4 51 7 301.5 304.2 295.4 344.6 14.63 3 900 1034 21.7 15.9 70 5.8 17.8 81 7 303.9 306.2 294.7 341.7 12.72 4 850 1529 19.1 11.0 60 8.1 13.9 113 12 306.1 307.9 293.2 335.4 9.74 5 800 2047 15.7 7.0 56 8.7 10.4 114 13 307.9 309.4 292.2 331.9 7.88 6 750 2592 12.7 -2.9 33 15.7 4.8 102 6 310.4 311.2 289.8 323.3 4.10 7 700 3167 9.8 -10.1 23 19.9 1.1 104 3 313.4 313.8 289.2 321.6 2.53 8 650 3779 7.3 -24.6 8 31.9 -3.0 101 3 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.0 0.80 9 600 4433 4.1 -23.8 11 27.9 -5.0 110 5 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.1 0.93 10 550 5134 0.3 -27.7 10 28.0 -7.9 106 5 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.71 11 500 5891 -4.4 -36.7 6 32.3 -11.8 122 6 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.33 12 450 6712 -9.9 -44.2 4 34.3 -15.9 87 7 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.17 13 400 7609 -16.1 -37.5 14 21.4 -20.2 60 6 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.38 14 350 8599 -23.9 -34.7 36 10.8 -25.8 340 4 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.7 0.57 15 300 9705 -32.1 -43.6 31 11.5 -33.4 279 14 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.27 16 250 10965 -42.1 -42.5 95 0.4 -42.1 255 16 343.5 343.6 295.5 344.9 0.36 17 200 12436 -54.0 -54.0 100 0.0 -54.0 238 24 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.8 0.12 18 150 14214 -69.5 -70.2 91 0.7 -69.5 224 25 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.02 19 100 16573 -77.0 -82.5 41 5.5 -77.0 189 2 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.27 m Freezing level: 547.19 mb = 5176.87 m = 16984.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.90 mb = 3323.34 m = 10903.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.76 mb = 564.27 m = 1851.24 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 33.89 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1790.22 m = 5873.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.95 C = 94.91 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 15.39 C K Index: 14.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.05 mb = 1091.84 m = 3582.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 509.05 mb = 5748.70 m = 18860.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.05 mb = 11836.22 m = 38832.27 ft B at Equ Level: 307.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.05 mb = 15089.22 m = 49504.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.9 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 128.9 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.6 neg: -7.2 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 45.46 Bulk Shear: 6.81 m/s