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: 29.86,-66.65 Latitude: 29.86 Longitude: -66.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.8 25.2 91 1.6 25.6 136 46 299.5 303.2 298.6 359.4 20.46 1 1000 53 25.9 24.2 90 1.8 24.6 138 53 299.1 302.6 297.8 355.5 19.30 2 950 504 22.1 21.9 99 0.2 21.9 143 67 299.6 302.8 296.9 351.1 17.63 3 900 973 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.2 153 71 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.5 15.66 4 850 1465 16.8 15.8 94 1.1 16.1 160 71 303.8 306.2 295.1 343.5 13.37 5 800 1981 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 161 71 306.6 308.9 295.0 342.8 12.00 6 750 2526 12.3 11.0 92 1.3 11.4 164 69 309.9 312.0 295.2 343.7 11.05 7 700 3104 9.9 8.3 90 1.6 8.9 166 66 313.4 315.3 295.3 344.0 9.86 8 650 3719 6.7 4.9 88 1.8 5.6 166 65 316.6 318.2 295.0 343.0 8.40 9 600 4373 2.8 1.9 94 0.9 2.3 165 62 319.4 320.8 295.0 342.9 7.35 10 550 5076 0.0 -0.8 94 0.8 -0.4 165 58 324.1 325.4 295.6 345.5 6.56 11 500 5836 -3.5 -4.4 93 0.9 -4.0 163 54 328.8 329.9 296.0 347.1 5.52 12 450 6664 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.1 161 49 333.6 334.5 296.4 348.9 4.48 13 400 7573 -12.9 -13.6 94 0.8 -13.2 155 47 338.2 338.9 296.6 350.0 3.34 14 350 8579 -19.1 -19.3 98 0.2 -19.2 151 46 343.0 343.5 297.0 351.6 2.37 15 300 9709 -27.0 -27.1 99 0.1 -27.0 150 43 347.4 347.6 297.2 352.6 1.39 16 250 10995 -37.3 -37.5 98 0.2 -37.4 160 41 350.5 350.7 297.3 352.9 0.61 17 200 12493 -50.2 -50.3 99 0.1 -50.2 172 41 353.3 353.3 297.5 354.1 0.19 18 150 14300 -66.7 -67.1 95 0.4 -66.7 176 39 355.1 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.03 19 100 16668 -76.4 -81.7 43 5.2 -76.4 83 11 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.87 m Freezing level: 549.80 mb = 5078.55 m = 16661.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.15 mb = 4956.71 m = 16261.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.10 mb = 202.97 m = 665.92 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.66 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.85 mb = 523.61 m = 1717.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.68 F Cap Strength: -0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 346.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.43 mb = 536.67 m = 1760.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.43 mb = 582.68 m = 1911.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.43 mb = 9203.20 m = 30193.86 ft B at Equ Level: 345.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.43 mb = 15072.14 m = 49448.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.4 at 64.3 knts Storm direction: 190.4 at 48.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 489.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.29 Bulk Shear: 65.59 m/s