MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 21.42,-95.63 Latitude: 21.42 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 1 27.9 25.9 89 2.0 26.4 151 13 300.5 304.4 299.4 363.4 21.34 1 1000 55 27.4 25.1 87 2.3 25.7 151 15 300.5 304.3 298.8 360.7 20.43 2 950 509 24.6 21.6 83 3.0 22.5 157 23 302.2 305.4 297.4 353.5 17.36 3 900 983 23.5 16.2 63 7.4 18.5 153 21 305.8 308.2 295.4 344.6 12.96 4 850 1482 22.5 9.1 42 13.4 14.1 162 13 309.7 311.4 293.3 336.0 8.58 5 800 2007 20.4 4.3 35 16.1 10.9 186 6 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.51 6 750 2561 16.8 1.9 37 14.9 8.3 259 4 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.3 5.86 7 700 3143 12.1 -3.6 33 15.8 4.1 290 8 315.9 316.7 291.5 329.3 4.18 8 650 3759 7.9 -11.9 23 19.8 -0.6 307 12 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.8 2.36 9 600 4413 3.7 -19.8 16 23.5 -4.7 310 9 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.9 1.32 10 550 5112 -0.9 -25.4 14 24.5 -8.3 267 4 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.1 0.88 11 500 5865 -6.2 -24.7 22 18.5 -11.6 226 9 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.2 1.03 12 450 6680 -12.0 -27.7 26 15.7 -16.0 222 14 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.88 13 400 7569 -18.8 -24.5 61 5.7 -20.3 230 17 330.5 330.8 293.1 335.2 1.31 14 350 8550 -26.0 -26.9 92 0.9 -26.2 238 17 333.6 333.9 293.8 338.0 1.21 15 300 9647 -34.1 -35.6 86 1.5 -34.3 221 16 337.3 337.5 294.2 339.6 0.61 16 250 10896 -43.8 -51.4 42 7.6 -44.2 200 28 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.13 17 200 12359 -54.5 -61.8 40 7.3 -54.6 202 46 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14144 -66.7 -75.2 29 8.5 -66.7 198 54 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16548 -76.2 -85.8 21 9.6 -76.2 219 16 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.14 m Freezing level: 560.02 mb = 4972.18 m = 16312.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.12 mb = 3680.77 m = 12075.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.55 % Est. max temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.64 mb = 254.86 m = 836.15 ft T: 26.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 30.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.09 mb = 2322.74 m = 7620.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.38 C = 106.49 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.31 C K Index: 22.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2167.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 237.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.97 mb = 905.68 m = 2971.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.97 mb = 3347.67 m = 10983.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.97 mb = 14022.26 m = 46004.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2156.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.0 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 237.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -31.8 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 73.66 Bulk Shear: 29.43 m/s