MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 18.51,-103.43 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 952 506 24.1 22.6 92 1.4 23.0 267 2 301.4 304.8 297.8 355.8 18.46 2 950 528 23.9 22.7 93 1.2 23.0 277 3 301.4 304.9 298.0 356.3 18.60 3 900 1000 21.4 20.5 95 0.9 20.8 303 3 303.6 306.7 297.6 354.5 17.12 4 850 1495 19.3 18.0 92 1.4 18.4 323 2 306.4 309.3 297.2 352.7 15.42 5 800 2016 17.6 14.2 81 3.4 15.3 11 2 309.9 312.4 296.4 349.2 12.87 6 750 2567 15.3 8.7 65 6.5 11.2 43 4 313.1 314.9 294.9 342.5 9.49 7 700 3149 12.0 1.2 48 10.8 5.9 52 7 315.8 316.9 293.0 334.7 5.98 8 650 3765 8.0 -6.7 34 14.8 1.0 59 10 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.6 3.55 9 600 4420 4.3 -16.8 20 21.1 -3.8 52 11 321.1 321.4 290.8 326.9 1.71 10 550 5122 0.4 -22.4 16 22.8 -7.2 40 12 324.5 324.8 291.3 328.6 1.15 11 500 5879 -4.6 -18.3 34 13.6 -9.5 34 8 327.4 327.8 292.7 333.7 1.81 12 450 6699 -10.0 -22.7 34 12.8 -13.9 328 2 330.7 331.0 293.2 335.6 1.37 13 400 7597 -16.3 -29.1 32 12.8 -19.4 281 13 333.8 333.9 293.6 336.9 0.86 14 350 8586 -23.8 -33.6 40 9.9 -25.6 262 18 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.1 0.64 15 300 9692 -32.4 -39.0 52 6.6 -33.3 243 17 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.4 0.43 16 250 10951 -42.5 -48.4 52 5.9 -42.9 265 11 342.9 343.0 295.2 343.7 0.19 17 200 12421 -54.3 -59.1 55 4.9 -54.4 222 9 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14199 -68.5 -71.5 65 3.0 -68.5 200 15 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16573 -76.9 -84.3 29 7.5 -76.9 29 6 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.85 m Freezing level: 546.25 mb = 5178.92 m = 16991.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.92 mb = 3892.80 m = 12771.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.13 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.04 mb = 685.32 m = 2248.38 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 29.36 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1372.02 m = 4501.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 31.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1844.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.70 mb = 1118.65 m = 3670.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.70 mb = 3356.86 m = 11013.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.70 mb = 14491.29 m = 47543.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1835.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.2 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 69.2 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 188.86 Bulk Shear: 9.77 m/s