MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.35,-108.02 Latitude: 31.35 Longitude: -108.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 529 2 900 992 SFC 864 1338 19.0 7.6 48 11.4 12.1 240 14 304.6 306.0 291.0 327.4 7.60 4 850 1482 18.1 6.8 47 11.3 11.4 242 21 305.1 306.5 290.9 327.2 7.30 5 800 1998 13.8 5.1 56 8.7 8.8 251 25 305.9 307.2 290.8 326.8 6.90 6 750 2537 8.9 3.3 68 5.6 5.8 257 22 306.2 307.5 290.6 326.0 6.50 7 700 3104 4.4 -1.1 67 5.5 1.6 256 21 307.4 308.3 289.6 322.9 5.04 8 650 3704 1.7 -14.2 30 15.8 -4.3 247 29 310.9 311.2 287.8 317.2 1.96 9 600 4346 -1.0 -24.3 15 23.3 -7.9 243 39 315.0 315.1 288.1 318.0 0.89 10 550 5035 -4.3 -31.1 10 26.8 -10.9 245 47 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.8 0.52 11 500 5780 -8.2 -36.1 9 27.9 -14.1 246 55 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.35 12 450 6589 -13.2 -39.1 9 25.9 -17.9 246 60 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 13 400 7474 -19.9 -43.7 10 23.8 -23.2 248 66 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.20 14 350 8449 -27.7 -45.7 16 18.0 -29.6 248 73 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.18 15 300 9539 -35.5 -45.1 37 9.6 -36.4 246 80 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.23 16 250 10780 -45.2 -54.7 34 9.5 -45.6 253 84 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.09 17 200 12251 -50.6 -70.6 8 20.0 -51.0 255 84 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 14070 -62.9 -78.7 10 15.8 -63.0 255 64 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16512 -70.4 -83.8 12 13.4 -70.5 232 20 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.80 m Freezing level: 618.56 mb = 4107.52 m = 13475.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.40 mb = 3263.10 m = 10705.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.48 % Est. max temperature: 21.36 C = 70.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.41 mb = 2766.11 m = 9075.07 ft T: 7.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3448.00 m = 11312.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 15.01 C K Index: 27.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6335.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.61 mb = 3027.09 m = 9931.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 94.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 47.70 m/s