MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 26.29,-65.08 Latitude: 26.29 Longitude: -65.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -240 SFC 973 -1 26.9 25.4 91 1.5 25.8 183 31 302.4 306.3 299.8 366.0 21.41 2 950 214 24.2 23.1 94 1.0 23.4 199 40 301.7 305.2 298.3 358.1 19.10 3 900 687 21.0 20.9 99 0.1 20.9 206 40 303.1 306.3 297.7 355.1 17.52 4 850 1181 18.8 18.3 97 0.4 18.5 209 37 305.8 308.8 297.3 353.2 15.81 5 800 1702 16.9 16.0 94 0.9 16.3 205 38 309.2 311.9 297.3 353.0 14.44 6 750 2252 14.5 13.3 93 1.2 13.7 206 39 312.3 314.8 297.1 352.2 12.95 7 700 2834 12.1 10.6 90 1.5 11.1 207 38 315.9 318.1 297.1 351.9 11.55 8 650 3453 9.4 7.6 89 1.8 8.3 209 36 319.6 321.6 297.0 351.9 10.17 9 600 4115 6.4 4.6 88 1.8 5.4 212 34 323.6 325.3 297.1 352.4 8.94 10 550 4826 3.1 1.4 89 1.7 2.1 217 30 327.7 329.3 297.3 353.1 7.73 11 500 5594 -0.3 -2.0 88 1.7 -1.2 221 25 332.7 334.1 297.7 355.1 6.64 12 450 6432 -4.0 -6.2 85 2.2 -5.1 212 20 338.3 339.4 298.1 356.8 5.37 13 400 7355 -7.5 -11.9 71 4.4 -9.5 194 17 345.2 346.0 298.5 359.0 3.85 14 350 8385 -12.4 -18.5 61 6.0 -14.8 175 17 352.0 352.6 299.0 361.5 2.55 15 300 9544 -20.6 -26.8 58 6.2 -22.4 158 19 356.3 356.6 299.1 361.8 1.42 16 250 10864 -31.4 -38.2 51 6.8 -32.5 155 24 359.4 359.5 299.0 361.7 0.56 17 200 12400 -44.8 -50.9 50 6.1 -45.2 158 21 361.8 361.9 299.2 362.6 0.18 18 150 14253 -61.1 -63.6 72 2.5 -61.2 146 15 364.8 364.8 299.7 365.1 0.05 19 100 16663 -77.4 -80.4 62 3.0 -77.4 55 15 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.36 m Freezing level: 503.86 mb = 5534.92 m = 18158.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 518.45 mb = 5302.11 m = 17395.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.36 mb = 192.19 m = 630.53 ft T: 24.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 539.96 m = 1771.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.08 mb = 541.40 m = 1776.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.08 mb = 589.29 m = 1933.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.08 mb = 5433.25 m = 17825.42 ft B at Equ Level: 72.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 400.08 mb = 7353.46 m = 24125.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.2 neg: -11.0 tot: 116.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.85 Bulk Shear: 9.36 m/s