MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.49,-68.04 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -68.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 25.8 23.5 87 2.2 24.2 253 14 297.8 301.2 296.8 351.1 18.33 1 1000 113 24.8 22.3 86 2.6 23.0 254 17 298.0 301.1 296.1 347.8 17.15 2 950 562 21.9 18.1 79 3.7 19.3 261 19 299.4 301.9 294.3 340.0 13.91 3 900 1030 19.5 15.5 78 4.0 16.8 260 19 301.6 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.39 4 850 1521 16.9 13.1 78 3.8 14.4 257 19 303.8 305.9 293.6 337.1 11.20 5 800 2037 14.2 10.2 77 4.0 11.6 257 20 306.2 308.1 293.3 335.7 9.79 6 750 2580 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 8.8 257 22 308.8 310.4 293.0 334.7 8.47 7 700 3154 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.2 255 25 311.7 312.9 292.4 332.5 6.72 8 650 3763 4.9 -1.8 62 6.7 1.4 254 28 314.5 315.4 291.9 330.8 5.15 9 600 4411 1.0 -5.3 63 6.3 -2.0 257 31 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.2 4.31 10 550 5107 -2.5 -7.4 69 4.9 -4.7 261 31 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.2 4.00 11 500 5858 -6.2 -12.5 61 6.3 -8.8 266 36 325.5 326.0 293.2 335.3 2.92 12 450 6676 -10.7 -21.9 39 11.2 -14.2 266 37 329.8 330.1 293.1 335.0 1.48 13 400 7571 -16.8 -26.8 42 10.0 -19.4 262 41 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.0 1.06 14 350 8560 -23.7 -36.2 31 12.5 -25.8 258 43 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.7 0.49 15 300 9666 -32.3 -44.6 28 12.3 -33.6 259 43 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.8 0.24 16 250 10925 -42.3 -48.5 51 6.2 -42.7 260 51 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.19 17 200 12392 -54.8 -56.1 86 1.3 -54.9 257 53 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.10 18 150 14173 -67.3 -71.0 59 3.8 -67.3 248 46 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16589 -71.3 -82.9 16 11.6 -71.3 252 26 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.33 m Freezing level: 585.41 mb = 4613.96 m = 15137.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.20 mb = 4026.02 m = 13208.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.74 mb = 282.98 m = 928.39 ft T: 23.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.33 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1331.89 m = 4369.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.77 mb = 860.94 m = 2824.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.77 mb = 2772.97 m = 9097.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.77 mb = 9367.12 m = 30731.64 ft B at Equ Level: 134.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.77 mb = 12302.04 m = 40360.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -0.8 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.36 Bulk Shear: 8.79 m/s