MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-98.39 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 510 2 900 979 SFC 866 1319 26.5 16.9 56 9.5 19.7 274 4 312.2 314.9 297.8 355.8 14.17 4 850 1480 24.0 15.4 59 8.6 18.1 272 5 311.3 313.8 296.9 351.3 13.06 5 800 2007 18.9 14.1 74 4.8 15.7 272 4 311.3 313.8 296.7 350.5 12.78 6 750 2558 13.9 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 265 3 311.6 314.0 296.6 349.8 12.44 7 700 3139 12.2 5.6 64 6.6 8.2 108 2 316.0 317.6 294.7 341.7 8.18 8 650 3757 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.1 85 4 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.2 7.21 9 600 4414 3.9 -0.7 72 4.6 1.4 139 3 320.7 321.9 294.4 340.3 6.08 10 550 5117 -0.2 -5.1 69 4.9 -2.6 147 5 323.9 324.8 294.2 339.5 4.76 11 500 5874 -4.5 -9.9 66 5.4 -6.9 139 6 327.5 328.2 294.3 339.7 3.61 12 450 6696 -9.6 -13.7 72 4.2 -11.2 110 5 331.2 331.8 294.7 341.4 2.95 13 400 7596 -15.5 -22.1 57 6.6 -17.5 102 6 334.9 335.2 294.5 340.7 1.63 14 350 8591 -22.2 -33.1 37 10.9 -24.4 113 8 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.4 0.67 15 300 9705 -30.6 -40.8 36 10.2 -31.9 75 6 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.36 16 250 10972 -40.9 -51.9 30 10.9 -41.6 187 1 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.13 17 200 12446 -53.7 -61.3 39 7.6 -53.9 210 6 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14228 -69.4 -72.6 63 3.2 -69.4 151 7 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 19 100 16567 -79.7 -83.0 58 3.3 -79.7 154 11 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.64 m Freezing level: 552.33 mb = 5083.83 m = 16679.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.36 mb = 4654.86 m = 15271.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.32 mb = 2520.35 m = 8268.75 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.47 mb = 3073.88 m = 10084.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.28 mb = 2600.06 m = 8530.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.28 mb = 3868.11 m = 12690.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.28 mb = 14175.53 m = 46507.07 ft B at Equ Level: 826.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.1 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 165.1 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 93.22 Bulk Shear: 8.88 m/s