MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.95,-38.39 Latitude: 35.95 Longitude: -38.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -142 SFC 984 -0 25.0 23.2 90 1.7 23.8 215 17 299.5 302.9 297.4 353.7 18.55 2 950 309 22.5 22.0 97 0.5 22.1 224 24 300.0 303.2 297.1 352.0 17.75 3 900 779 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 20.0 232 23 302.3 305.3 296.8 351.1 16.52 4 850 1273 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 226 23 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.6 14.94 5 800 1792 16.5 15.0 90 1.6 15.5 231 21 308.8 311.3 296.5 349.7 13.49 6 750 2341 14.1 12.5 90 1.6 13.0 244 18 311.9 314.2 296.5 349.5 12.24 7 700 2923 11.7 10.0 89 1.7 10.6 256 20 315.4 317.6 296.6 350.0 11.10 8 650 3541 8.7 7.2 90 1.6 7.8 271 23 318.8 320.8 296.6 350.0 9.84 9 600 4201 5.5 3.7 88 1.8 4.4 283 25 322.5 324.1 296.5 349.4 8.34 10 550 4909 2.0 -0.2 85 2.2 0.7 285 24 326.4 327.8 296.4 349.0 6.86 11 500 5674 -1.8 -4.9 79 3.1 -3.4 290 23 330.8 331.9 296.3 348.7 5.32 12 450 6506 -6.4 -10.5 73 4.1 -8.3 297 18 335.1 335.9 296.3 348.4 3.82 13 400 7418 -11.7 -19.3 53 7.6 -14.4 354 16 339.7 340.2 296.0 347.2 2.08 14 350 8427 -18.8 -28.4 43 9.5 -21.2 353 16 343.4 343.6 296.0 347.4 1.06 15 300 9552 -28.8 -30.4 86 1.6 -29.1 345 22 344.8 345.0 296.3 348.6 1.01 16 250 10830 -38.9 -39.3 96 0.4 -38.9 339 20 348.2 348.3 296.7 350.2 0.51 17 200 12321 -51.1 -51.5 96 0.3 -51.1 297 27 351.8 351.8 297.2 352.5 0.17 18 150 14119 -67.9 -68.3 95 0.4 -67.9 302 41 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.03 19 100 16526 -69.7 -77.0 34 7.3 -69.8 278 15 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.14 m Freezing level: 523.99 mb = 5306.94 m = 17410.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 541.31 mb = 5036.91 m = 16525.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.12 mb = 215.76 m = 707.88 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 592.55 m = 1944.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.58 mb = 535.45 m = 1756.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.58 mb = 773.74 m = 2538.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.58 mb = 1470.65 m = 4824.92 ft B at Equ Level: 17.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 720.58 mb = 2678.41 m = 8787.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.6 neg: -9.2 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.37 Bulk Shear: 25.75 m/s