MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 18.24,-112.96 Latitude: 18.24 Longitude: -112.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.9 20.9 78 4.0 22.1 10 10 296.8 299.6 294.7 341.5 15.48 1 1000 131 23.5 19.7 79 3.8 20.8 10 11 296.6 299.3 294.0 338.7 14.57 2 950 577 19.4 18.6 95 0.8 18.8 12 10 296.8 299.4 293.9 338.1 14.30 3 900 1042 19.2 13.8 71 5.4 15.7 31 8 301.3 303.3 292.8 334.0 11.11 4 850 1536 19.8 10.5 55 9.3 13.8 60 7 306.9 308.6 293.2 335.3 9.40 5 800 2057 17.3 8.9 58 8.4 12.0 70 7 309.6 311.3 293.6 337.0 8.97 6 750 2605 14.3 6.2 58 8.1 9.4 80 7 312.1 313.6 293.5 336.7 7.96 7 700 3185 10.7 3.2 60 7.5 6.4 88 8 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.0 6.91 8 650 3799 6.8 -0.3 61 7.0 2.9 89 8 316.6 317.8 293.1 335.0 5.79 9 600 4452 2.7 -4.9 57 7.7 -1.0 84 9 319.3 320.1 292.7 333.6 4.42 10 550 5151 -0.8 -11.8 43 11.0 -5.4 77 11 323.2 323.7 292.4 332.6 2.82 11 500 5907 -4.8 -16.7 39 11.9 -9.2 92 13 327.2 327.6 292.9 334.4 2.08 12 450 6727 -10.3 -21.4 39 11.2 -13.8 104 14 330.3 330.7 293.3 335.8 1.53 13 400 7623 -16.4 -26.7 41 10.3 -19.0 118 11 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.6 1.08 14 350 8613 -23.8 -31.0 52 7.2 -25.2 135 14 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.8 0.83 15 300 9720 -32.4 -40.6 44 8.2 -33.4 134 13 339.7 339.7 294.6 341.1 0.37 16 250 10977 -42.8 -52.1 35 9.3 -43.3 182 8 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.12 17 200 12440 -55.2 -59.4 60 4.2 -55.3 179 20 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 18 150 14224 -67.0 -75.1 31 8.1 -67.0 231 22 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16594 -78.8 -82.4 56 3.6 -78.8 255 7 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.50 m Freezing level: 561.14 mb = 4995.35 m = 16388.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.99 mb = 4276.98 m = 14031.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.02 mb = 513.37 m = 1684.26 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.46 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2517.22 m = 8258.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.86 C = 103.74 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: 2.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.69 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 27.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3242.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.11 mb = 768.45 m = 2521.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 68.7 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 98.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 12.40 m/s