MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 29.66,-67.52 Latitude: 29.66 Longitude: -67.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -95 SFC 989 -0 26.4 25.4 94 1.1 25.6 137 67 300.5 304.4 299.2 362.4 21.02 2 950 357 23.1 22.7 98 0.4 22.8 146 93 300.6 304.0 297.7 355.1 18.56 3 900 828 20.6 20.6 100 0.0 20.6 152 99 302.7 305.9 297.4 353.6 17.18 4 850 1322 18.5 18.4 100 0.1 18.5 159 100 305.5 308.5 297.3 353.2 15.91 5 800 1842 16.6 16.5 100 0.1 16.5 167 96 308.8 311.6 297.5 354.1 14.92 6 750 2391 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 170 90 312.2 314.8 297.5 354.2 13.69 7 700 2973 11.9 11.5 97 0.4 11.6 169 90 315.6 318.0 297.5 353.9 12.27 8 650 3591 8.7 8.2 96 0.6 8.3 169 91 318.8 320.9 297.1 352.2 10.54 9 600 4250 5.4 5.0 97 0.5 5.1 169 88 322.4 324.2 297.0 351.7 9.13 10 550 4957 2.2 1.7 96 0.5 1.9 171 85 326.7 328.2 297.1 352.5 7.88 11 500 5720 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.7 173 80 331.5 332.8 297.4 353.8 6.65 12 450 6551 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.6 176 75 336.7 337.8 297.8 355.4 5.44 13 400 7465 -9.7 -10.5 94 0.8 -10.1 177 68 342.3 343.2 298.2 357.5 4.29 14 350 8483 -15.3 -15.9 95 0.6 -15.5 174 57 348.2 348.9 298.7 359.8 3.17 15 300 9630 -22.7 -23.1 97 0.4 -22.8 165 47 353.4 353.8 298.9 360.9 1.99 16 250 10939 -32.9 -33.2 97 0.3 -33.0 153 50 357.1 357.3 298.8 360.8 0.93 17 200 12461 -47.3 -47.8 94 0.5 -47.3 143 51 357.9 358.0 298.5 359.0 0.25 18 150 14293 -63.8 -64.0 97 0.2 -63.8 145 39 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.4 0.05 19 100 16664 -77.6 -80.2 67 2.5 -77.6 109 12 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.55 m Freezing level: 518.35 mb = 5439.84 m = 17847.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 523.27 mb = 5355.63 m = 17570.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.55 mb = 132.10 m = 433.39 ft T: 25.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 483.05 m = 1584.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 501.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.88 mb = 505.85 m = 1659.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.88 mb = 552.63 m = 1813.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.88 mb = 6397.05 m = 20987.43 ft B at Equ Level: 121.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.88 mb = 9175.72 m = 30103.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.0 at 89.6 knts Storm direction: 195.0 at 67.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 987.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 978.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 326.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 140.81 m/s