MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 20.34,-92.64 Latitude: 20.34 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.2 23.6 76 4.7 24.8 73 10 300.6 303.9 297.6 354.7 18.43 1 1000 85 27.3 22.3 74 5.0 23.7 73 11 300.5 303.6 296.8 351.1 17.23 2 950 537 23.4 20.8 85 2.6 21.5 81 10 300.9 303.9 296.5 349.3 16.45 3 900 1009 21.1 17.0 77 4.2 18.3 111 7 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.8 13.65 4 850 1503 18.2 15.3 83 2.9 16.3 156 6 305.2 307.6 295.3 344.0 12.96 5 800 2021 15.3 12.6 84 2.7 13.6 180 6 307.5 309.7 294.9 342.5 11.57 6 750 2567 12.8 7.5 70 5.3 9.6 190 4 310.5 312.1 293.6 337.3 8.73 7 700 3145 10.5 2.1 56 8.4 5.8 140 1 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.2 6.39 8 650 3759 7.6 -0.8 55 8.4 3.1 84 2 317.6 318.6 293.2 335.3 5.56 9 600 4415 3.7 -2.7 63 6.4 0.4 75 1 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.4 5.24 10 550 5116 -0.5 -8.5 55 8.0 -4.2 239 1 323.5 324.2 293.2 335.6 3.66 11 500 5872 -5.1 -14.3 48 9.2 -8.7 288 4 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.4 2.53 12 450 6692 -9.7 -26.4 24 16.6 -14.4 333 6 331.0 331.2 292.9 334.6 0.98 13 400 7592 -15.1 -33.8 19 18.7 -19.1 346 8 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.5 0.55 14 350 8587 -21.9 -41.0 16 19.1 -24.9 2 9 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.4 0.30 15 300 9702 -30.8 -43.4 28 12.7 -32.3 353 10 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.1 0.27 16 250 10969 -41.1 -54.2 23 13.1 -41.8 308 6 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 17 200 12442 -53.8 -60.2 45 6.5 -53.9 237 4 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.06 18 150 14226 -68.5 -70.1 80 1.6 -68.6 356 10 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16569 -79.6 -82.9 58 3.3 -79.6 151 10 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.08 m Freezing level: 556.30 mb = 5027.99 m = 16495.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.94 mb = 4469.55 m = 14663.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.00 mb = 592.65 m = 1944.36 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1351.45 m = 4433.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 30.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.45 mb = 918.00 m = 3011.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.45 mb = 2080.11 m = 6824.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.45 mb = 2973.71 m = 9756.14 ft B at Equ Level: 10.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.45 mb = 15789.43 m = 51801.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.4 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 153.4 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 56.81 Bulk Shear: 8.89 m/s