MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-100.20 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -100.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 524 SFC 902 973 22.2 20.4 89 1.8 20.9 261 2 304.2 307.3 297.6 354.5 16.91 3 900 994 23.4 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 274 2 305.6 308.8 298.0 356.2 16.87 4 850 1491 20.3 17.4 83 2.9 18.2 281 2 307.4 310.2 297.1 352.3 14.86 5 800 2014 18.2 12.3 69 5.9 14.3 311 2 310.5 312.7 295.5 345.1 11.30 6 750 2565 15.1 7.9 62 7.2 10.6 334 2 313.0 314.7 294.5 340.8 8.98 7 700 3147 11.9 3.6 57 8.2 7.1 14 3 315.6 317.0 293.8 338.0 7.11 8 650 3763 8.2 -0.4 55 8.6 3.5 45 6 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.6 5.73 9 600 4419 4.0 -4.2 55 8.2 -0.2 56 9 320.7 321.6 293.3 335.9 4.67 10 550 5121 -0.5 -9.0 53 8.5 -4.4 56 6 323.5 324.2 293.1 335.2 3.52 11 500 5877 -4.6 -14.9 44 10.3 -8.6 355 3 327.5 327.9 293.3 335.7 2.41 12 450 6700 -9.1 -22.6 33 13.5 -13.3 299 5 331.8 332.1 293.5 336.8 1.39 13 400 7601 -14.9 -29.3 28 14.3 -18.5 317 2 335.6 335.8 294.0 338.7 0.85 14 350 8596 -22.4 -32.2 41 9.8 -24.4 21 3 338.5 338.7 294.6 341.3 0.73 15 300 9707 -31.4 -40.1 42 8.7 -32.5 336 6 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.7 0.39 16 250 10972 -40.9 -51.1 32 10.3 -41.5 348 3 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.9 0.14 17 200 12445 -54.1 -55.5 85 1.4 -54.1 212 13 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.10 18 150 14226 -68.9 -70.8 75 2.0 -68.9 200 15 351.4 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16584 -78.5 -83.1 47 4.6 -78.5 130 4 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.73 m Freezing level: 555.84 mb = 5039.18 m = 16532.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.13 mb = 4390.34 m = 14403.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.48 mb = 1204.61 m = 3952.07 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 21.05 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.80 mb = 2567.08 m = 8422.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 985.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.74 mb = 1931.04 m = 6335.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.74 mb = 3728.14 m = 12231.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.74 mb = 14113.74 m = 46304.36 ft B at Equ Level: 984.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.5 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 51.5 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 257.46 Bulk Shear: 3.83 m/s