MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 6.85,-97 Latitude: 6.85 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 26.2 20.8 72 5.3 22.3 212 13 298.5 301.3 295.2 343.6 15.51 1 1000 84 25.2 19.3 70 6.0 21.1 212 15 298.4 301.0 294.2 339.6 14.19 2 950 532 20.9 18.3 85 2.6 19.1 213 14 298.4 301.0 294.1 339.4 14.09 3 900 998 18.3 14.7 79 3.6 15.9 226 10 300.4 302.5 293.0 334.9 11.76 4 850 1488 17.4 9.9 61 7.5 12.7 244 5 304.3 306.0 292.1 331.4 9.03 5 800 2005 15.6 4.5 47 11.2 9.2 211 2 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.1 6.61 6 750 2550 12.4 1.8 48 10.6 6.6 77 2 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.1 5.83 7 700 3125 8.9 1.4 59 7.5 4.8 78 6 312.3 313.5 292.0 331.2 6.06 8 650 3735 5.3 1.7 78 3.6 3.3 84 8 315.0 316.2 293.3 335.9 6.67 9 600 4385 1.8 -3.0 71 4.8 -0.6 45 6 318.2 319.2 293.0 334.7 5.13 10 550 5083 -1.5 -5.0 77 3.4 -3.2 359 8 322.3 323.2 293.8 338.0 4.81 11 500 5839 -4.7 -9.9 67 5.2 -7.0 329 7 327.3 328.0 294.2 339.5 3.61 12 450 6661 -9.2 -17.4 51 8.2 -12.2 29 5 331.7 332.1 294.1 339.3 2.17 13 400 7562 -15.3 -22.3 55 7.0 -17.4 28 8 335.1 335.5 294.6 340.9 1.60 14 350 8558 -21.9 -33.4 34 11.6 -24.2 69 14 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.65 15 300 9674 -30.3 -43.5 26 13.2 -31.9 92 20 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.27 16 250 10942 -40.7 -53.4 24 12.7 -41.5 90 27 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.11 17 200 12420 -53.6 -61.3 38 7.7 -53.8 156 12 347.9 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.05 18 150 14202 -68.7 -70.6 76 1.9 -68.7 94 19 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 19 100 16558 -79.5 -81.8 68 2.4 -79.5 239 5 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.18 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4763.39 m = 15627.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.96 mb = 4278.27 m = 14036.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.06 mb = 678.07 m = 2224.61 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.55 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2089.90 m = 6856.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.86 C = 96.55 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 14.59 C K Index: 24.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3190.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.14 mb = 939.80 m = 3083.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -16.0 tot: -12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 15.01 m/s