MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-95.24 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 990 160 28.6 23.0 72 5.6 24.5 23 4 302.6 306.0 298.0 356.3 18.13 2 950 527 24.9 20.7 77 4.3 21.9 25 3 302.5 305.5 296.8 350.8 16.34 3 900 1000 20.9 19.0 89 1.9 19.6 27 2 303.1 306.0 296.5 349.3 15.59 4 850 1494 18.9 14.0 73 4.9 15.7 17 2 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.7 11.91 5 800 2013 16.5 8.9 61 7.6 11.7 45 4 308.7 310.4 293.3 336.0 8.97 6 750 2560 13.7 4.2 52 9.6 8.2 59 7 311.5 312.8 292.5 332.9 6.90 7 700 3139 10.7 2.0 55 8.7 5.8 67 10 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.2 6.33 8 650 3753 7.4 -2.2 50 9.6 2.4 67 12 317.4 318.3 292.6 333.4 5.01 9 600 4408 4.2 -12.1 29 16.3 -2.7 71 14 321.0 321.5 291.5 329.4 2.52 10 550 5110 0.3 -20.8 19 21.1 -7.0 84 14 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.32 11 500 5868 -3.7 -28.2 13 24.5 -10.6 84 12 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.75 12 450 6691 -9.4 -30.5 16 21.1 -14.7 75 15 331.4 331.6 292.8 333.9 0.67 13 400 7590 -15.1 -41.4 9 26.3 -19.7 66 13 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.25 14 350 8585 -22.3 -42.4 14 20.2 -25.2 31 5 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.26 15 300 9699 -30.8 -45.8 22 15.0 -32.4 265 7 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.8 0.21 16 250 10966 -40.4 -56.8 16 16.4 -41.3 233 8 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 17 200 12445 -52.9 -59.6 44 6.7 -53.1 226 16 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.06 18 150 14234 -68.0 -73.0 48 5.0 -68.0 196 33 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 19 100 16583 -80.8 -83.6 62 2.8 -80.8 149 8 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.01 m Freezing level: 546.22 mb = 5167.74 m = 16954.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.82 mb = 4050.44 m = 13288.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.84 mb = 876.07 m = 2874.20 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1486.09 m = 4875.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.43 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 17.73 C K Index: 27.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.23 mb = 1094.35 m = 3590.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.23 mb = 2842.11 m = 9324.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.23 mb = 13267.32 m = 43527.42 ft B at Equ Level: 727.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 99.1 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 122.07 Bulk Shear: 5.96 m/s