MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 20.74,-91.46 Latitude: 20.74 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 29.0 25.1 79 3.9 26.1 72 17 300.9 304.6 298.8 360.3 20.15 1 1000 132 28.4 22.5 70 5.9 24.1 75 21 301.5 304.7 297.2 352.8 17.39 2 950 587 26.0 19.4 67 6.6 21.3 91 21 303.5 306.3 296.3 348.4 15.10 3 900 1062 22.3 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 102 19 304.5 307.2 296.0 347.0 14.25 4 850 1557 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 118 16 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.8 13.97 5 800 2077 16.5 13.6 83 2.9 14.6 125 12 308.7 311.0 295.7 346.0 12.31 6 750 2626 13.9 8.4 69 5.5 10.4 130 11 311.7 313.4 294.4 340.3 9.28 7 700 3204 10.3 2.7 59 7.5 6.0 130 10 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.8 6.68 8 650 3817 5.9 1.0 71 4.9 3.2 127 10 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.6 6.33 9 600 4468 1.6 -2.6 74 4.2 -0.6 167 10 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.9 5.27 10 550 5163 -3.2 -5.5 84 2.4 -4.3 172 14 320.3 321.2 293.1 335.3 4.60 11 500 5913 -7.3 -8.8 89 1.5 -7.9 195 5 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.2 3.94 12 450 6728 -11.4 -16.1 68 4.8 -13.1 290 2 328.9 329.4 293.6 337.2 2.41 13 400 7622 -16.7 -28.8 35 12.0 -19.6 360 9 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.5 0.89 14 350 8612 -23.3 -34.0 37 10.6 -25.4 355 3 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.6 0.62 15 300 9721 -31.7 -41.3 38 9.6 -32.9 13 3 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.34 16 250 10982 -41.6 -47.7 52 6.1 -42.1 354 9 344.2 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.20 17 200 12458 -52.8 -55.5 73 2.6 -52.9 7 20 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.10 18 150 14257 -66.4 -69.5 64 3.2 -66.4 3 19 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16639 -75.9 -81.9 38 6.0 -75.9 93 14 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.90 m Freezing level: 583.34 mb = 4699.60 m = 15418.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.55 mb = 4366.08 m = 14324.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.21 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.41 mb = 499.58 m = 1639.01 ft T: 26.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1632.39 m = 5355.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 35.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1165.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.29 mb = 1204.62 m = 3952.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.29 mb = 2964.74 m = 9726.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.29 mb = 12769.69 m = 41894.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1163.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.0 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 156.0 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 39.42 Bulk Shear: 29.57 m/s