MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-103.11 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 502 2 900 964 SFC 876 1195 17.9 5.9 45 12.0 10.9 213 9 302.3 303.5 289.4 322.2 6.64 4 850 1453 17.7 4.1 40 13.6 10.0 240 19 304.7 305.9 289.7 323.1 6.06 5 800 1968 13.9 2.3 45 11.6 7.5 260 28 306.0 307.0 289.8 323.2 5.64 6 750 2508 9.6 0.8 54 8.8 4.9 260 35 307.0 308.0 289.9 323.6 5.41 7 700 3076 4.7 -0.3 70 5.0 2.1 256 38 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.2 5.36 8 650 3675 0.1 -1.2 91 1.3 -0.6 245 45 309.0 310.1 290.5 325.7 5.39 9 600 4314 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 232 52 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.5 4.93 10 550 5000 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 221 55 316.5 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.05 11 500 5739 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 219 58 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.8 2.88 12 450 6538 -17.2 -24.2 55 6.9 -19.0 226 65 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.7 1.20 13 400 7411 -22.4 -37.1 25 14.7 -24.7 229 78 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.4 0.40 14 350 8380 -28.1 -45.9 16 17.8 -30.0 238 93 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.18 15 300 9469 -36.1 -50.6 21 14.5 -37.2 241 101 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 16 250 10710 -43.4 -62.2 11 18.8 -44.1 241 91 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 17 200 12193 -49.6 -72.5 5 22.9 -50.1 243 90 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14026 -61.1 -79.3 7 18.2 -61.3 242 75 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16481 -71.1 -83.6 14 12.5 -71.1 256 39 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.29 m Freezing level: 648.71 mb = 3691.75 m = 12111.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.50 mb = 3545.69 m = 11632.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.42 % Est. max temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.69 mb = 2711.54 m = 8896.02 ft T: 7.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 648.44 mb = 3694.51 m = 12120.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 15.45 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7492.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.64 mb = 3243.65 m = 10641.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 4.5 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.9 neg: -21.8 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 123.09 m/s