MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 1000 1 21.5 20.3 93 1.2 20.7 119 37 294.7 297.4 293.9 338.1 15.17 2 950 440 18.2 17.9 98 0.2 18.0 131 52 295.6 298.1 293.1 335.1 13.74 3 900 903 16.6 16.2 98 0.4 16.4 148 55 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.5 13.01 4 850 1390 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 164 56 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.5 11.90 5 800 1902 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 173 57 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.3 10.82 6 750 2441 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 183 61 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.65 7 700 3011 6.8 6.6 98 0.2 6.7 191 64 310.0 311.7 293.6 336.9 8.77 8 650 3618 3.8 3.7 99 0.2 3.7 189 66 313.3 314.8 293.6 337.2 7.68 9 600 4265 -0.1 -0.2 99 0.2 -0.2 188 64 316.0 317.2 293.3 335.9 6.28 10 550 4958 -3.9 -4.2 98 0.3 -4.0 188 60 319.5 320.5 293.3 336.0 5.12 11 500 5706 -7.3 -7.7 97 0.4 -7.5 197 66 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.3 4.28 12 450 6521 -11.6 -12.7 92 1.1 -12.1 208 63 328.6 329.2 294.2 339.5 3.20 13 400 7414 -17.0 -18.9 85 2.0 -17.6 217 56 332.9 333.4 294.4 340.5 2.14 14 350 8405 -23.3 -23.4 99 0.1 -23.4 229 52 337.3 337.7 295.1 343.3 1.66 15 300 9517 -30.5 -33.7 74 3.2 -31.1 232 44 342.3 342.5 295.6 345.1 0.74 16 250 10784 -40.8 -41.2 96 0.4 -40.8 216 40 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.1 0.42 17 200 12261 -53.2 -53.2 100 0.0 -53.2 238 46 348.5 348.5 296.4 349.1 0.14 18 150 14043 -68.4 -69.7 84 1.3 -68.4 265 46 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 19 100 16484 -67.8 -82.6 10 14.7 -67.9 250 28 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.46 m Freezing level: 600.91 mb = 4253.31 m = 13954.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.02 mb = 4238.01 m = 13904.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.73 mb = 147.12 m = 482.69 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 2.99 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.09 mb = 475.03 m = 1558.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.67 C = 72.80 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.95 mb = 512.61 m = 1681.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 936.95 mb = 558.21 m = 1831.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 926.95 mb = 650.17 m = 2133.07 ft B at Equ Level: 15.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 786.95 mb = 2038.89 m = 6689.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.1 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 209.1 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 797.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 797.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 265.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 306.76 m/s