MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 26.6,-74.92 Latitude: 26.60 Longitude: -74.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 0 27.1 25.0 88 2.1 25.6 70 31 299.8 303.5 298.5 359.3 20.26 1 1000 45 26.2 23.9 87 2.3 24.5 72 35 299.3 302.8 297.7 354.9 19.01 2 950 496 22.4 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 77 41 300.0 303.3 297.3 352.8 18.03 3 900 966 19.8 19.7 100 0.1 19.8 87 45 301.9 304.9 296.6 350.0 16.29 4 850 1459 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 95 44 304.3 307.0 296.2 348.1 14.69 5 800 1976 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 97 42 306.7 309.2 295.7 345.9 13.03 6 750 2520 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 99 41 309.3 311.4 295.3 344.2 11.48 7 700 3096 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 8.9 104 41 312.4 314.4 295.3 344.1 10.26 8 650 3708 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 112 41 316.1 317.8 295.4 344.7 9.13 9 600 4362 3.3 3.2 99 0.1 3.2 121 40 319.9 321.5 295.7 345.7 8.07 10 550 5064 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 128 38 323.8 325.2 295.7 345.9 6.79 11 500 5823 -3.6 -4.1 97 0.4 -3.8 135 35 328.6 329.7 296.1 347.5 5.68 12 450 6649 -7.6 -8.3 95 0.7 -7.9 138 33 333.6 334.6 296.4 349.2 4.55 13 400 7556 -12.7 -13.5 93 0.8 -13.0 143 28 338.5 339.2 296.7 350.3 3.36 14 350 8563 -18.8 -19.0 98 0.2 -18.8 143 19 343.5 344.0 297.1 352.3 2.44 15 300 9693 -26.9 -26.9 100 0.0 -26.9 172 9 347.5 347.8 297.3 352.8 1.41 16 250 10978 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 206 9 350.2 350.3 297.2 352.6 0.60 17 200 12473 -50.7 -50.7 100 0.0 -50.7 190 15 352.5 352.5 297.3 353.2 0.18 18 150 14277 -67.0 -67.3 97 0.2 -67.0 185 29 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.8 0.03 19 100 16645 -76.0 -80.9 46 4.8 -76.0 103 19 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.94 m Freezing level: 553.16 mb = 5019.92 m = 16469.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.64 mb = 4996.44 m = 16392.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.76 mb = 260.67 m = 855.19 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.19 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.77 mb = 562.52 m = 1845.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.82 mb = 552.90 m = 1813.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.82 mb = 599.10 m = 1965.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.82 mb = 12184.13 m = 39973.70 ft B at Equ Level: 483.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.82 mb = 15637.77 m = 51304.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.7 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 135.7 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.2 neg: -7.1 tot: 219.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 8.12 Bulk Shear: 59.53 m/s