MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 21.3 15.2 68 6.2 17.3 42 15 294.0 296.0 290.3 325.0 10.83 1 1000 124 20.2 14.0 68 6.1 16.3 39 18 293.3 295.1 289.4 322.2 10.12 2 950 563 16.7 12.3 75 4.4 14.0 28 16 294.2 295.9 289.2 321.4 9.51 3 900 1024 17.3 9.9 61 7.5 12.8 6 14 299.4 300.9 290.1 324.4 8.51 4 850 1513 18.3 6.1 45 12.2 11.2 337 12 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.4 6.98 5 800 2033 17.4 1.4 34 16.0 8.6 284 6 309.7 310.7 290.6 326.2 5.31 6 750 2579 12.9 0.0 41 12.9 6.0 250 14 310.6 311.6 290.7 326.6 5.12 7 700 3153 7.9 -3.1 46 11.0 2.4 249 13 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.8 4.33 8 650 3759 3.3 -10.4 36 13.8 -2.4 271 8 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.3 2.66 9 600 4403 -0.1 -19.3 22 19.2 -6.6 307 14 316.0 316.3 288.9 320.7 1.38 10 550 5094 -3.7 -32.2 9 28.6 -10.6 311 18 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.46 11 500 5840 -8.3 -35.8 9 27.5 -14.2 306 25 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 12 450 6648 -14.3 -41.2 8 26.9 -18.8 304 25 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 13 400 7528 -21.3 -43.4 12 22.1 -24.3 298 22 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.21 14 350 8497 -28.7 -45.5 18 16.9 -30.4 288 23 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.19 15 300 9583 -36.8 -46.5 36 9.7 -37.6 253 16 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10814 -47.9 -48.0 99 0.1 -48.0 237 26 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12244 -59.8 -61.7 78 1.9 -59.9 259 15 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 18 150 14023 -63.4 -77.5 13 14.2 -63.5 269 49 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16466 -69.7 -85.1 9 15.4 -69.8 272 21 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.02 m Freezing level: 601.31 mb = 4386.09 m = 14389.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.40 mb = 3445.51 m = 11304.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.86 mb = 856.92 m = 2811.39 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 5.88 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3176.10 m = 10420.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.61 C = 101.49 F Cap Strength: 10.20 C Lifted Index: 6.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.45 C Showalter Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 14.48 C K Index: 21.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7182.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.95 mb = 1226.98 m = 4025.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.1 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 340.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -34.9 tot: -27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 57.65 m/s