MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 24.27,-78.86 Latitude: 24.27 Longitude: -78.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 29.9 23.6 69 6.3 25.3 105 10 301.7 305.1 297.9 356.0 18.39 1 1000 140 28.5 21.9 68 6.5 23.7 104 11 301.6 304.7 296.8 351.1 16.79 2 950 595 24.2 20.9 82 3.3 21.8 99 11 301.7 304.8 296.8 350.7 16.59 3 900 1067 20.8 18.1 85 2.7 18.9 94 14 302.9 305.6 295.8 346.3 14.66 4 850 1560 18.1 14.4 79 3.7 15.6 96 13 305.1 307.3 294.7 341.6 12.21 5 800 2078 15.7 8.8 63 7.0 11.4 101 10 307.9 309.6 293.0 335.0 8.90 6 750 2624 13.3 2.8 49 10.6 7.3 103 10 311.1 312.2 291.8 330.5 6.24 7 700 3201 10.0 -1.2 45 11.3 4.1 103 11 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.4 5.00 8 650 3813 6.2 -6.9 38 13.1 0.0 103 12 316.0 316.6 290.9 327.3 3.50 9 600 4463 2.0 -11.7 35 13.7 -3.7 102 12 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.0 2.59 10 550 5160 -2.3 -14.8 38 12.5 -7.1 95 12 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.7 2.20 11 500 5910 -6.3 -21.7 28 15.4 -11.2 85 11 325.3 325.6 291.7 330.1 1.35 12 450 6727 -10.4 -29.4 19 19.0 -15.2 78 10 330.2 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.74 13 400 7624 -16.3 -28.1 35 11.8 -19.2 89 12 333.8 334.0 293.6 337.3 0.95 14 350 8614 -23.5 -33.1 41 9.6 -25.3 103 11 337.1 337.3 294.2 339.7 0.67 15 300 9723 -31.7 -39.0 49 7.3 -32.7 109 7 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.3 0.43 16 250 10985 -41.6 -42.2 94 0.6 -41.7 302 3 344.2 344.2 295.7 345.6 0.37 17 200 12457 -54.0 -57.1 69 3.1 -54.1 70 3 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14239 -68.8 -71.8 65 3.1 -68.8 337 9 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16611 -73.1 -82.1 24 9.0 -73.1 78 13 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.69 m Freezing level: 576.96 mb = 4784.21 m = 15696.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3816.02 m = 12519.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.32 mb = 796.10 m = 2611.83 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 28.98 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1276.98 m = 4189.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 27.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1183.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.11 mb = 1026.77 m = 3368.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.11 mb = 2193.73 m = 7197.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 759.11 mb = 2521.62 m = 8272.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.5 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 128.5 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7217.55 Bulk Shear: 0.16 m/s