MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1002 77 22.6 17.4 73 5.1 19.1 49 16 295.5 297.8 292.2 331.8 12.60 1 1000 93 21.9 16.7 72 5.2 18.4 48 19 295.1 297.2 291.6 329.5 12.02 2 950 535 20.2 13.3 65 6.9 15.8 30 19 297.7 299.5 290.9 327.2 10.16 3 900 1001 19.3 11.6 61 7.6 14.4 12 17 301.4 303.1 291.6 329.7 9.60 4 850 1494 20.6 7.0 41 13.6 12.3 336 14 307.7 309.1 291.7 330.2 7.40 5 800 2015 17.4 2.0 35 15.4 8.8 314 7 309.7 310.8 290.8 326.8 5.52 6 750 2562 13.1 -0.5 39 13.6 5.9 259 7 310.8 311.7 290.6 326.2 4.93 7 700 3136 8.2 -4.5 40 12.7 2.0 264 8 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.9 3.90 8 650 3743 3.5 -11.1 33 14.6 -2.5 291 13 313.0 313.5 289.1 321.2 2.52 9 600 4387 -0.5 -18.8 24 18.2 -6.7 297 18 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.3 1.45 10 550 5076 -4.4 -19.3 30 14.9 -9.4 282 19 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.0 1.50 11 500 5821 -8.4 -17.4 49 8.9 -11.5 280 18 322.8 323.1 291.6 329.4 1.96 12 450 6630 -14.3 -17.5 76 3.3 -15.3 280 27 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.6 2.15 13 400 7513 -20.5 -22.8 82 2.2 -21.1 288 32 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.7 1.53 14 350 8486 -27.9 -33.7 57 5.8 -28.8 294 26 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.5 0.63 15 300 9573 -36.8 -40.5 69 3.7 -37.2 282 21 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.37 16 250 10805 -47.8 -48.3 94 0.5 -47.9 281 25 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.19 17 200 12235 -60.1 -60.7 92 0.7 -60.1 283 16 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 14006 -64.0 -76.9 16 12.9 -64.1 284 57 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16454 -68.7 -85.4 7 16.6 -68.8 270 25 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.52 m Freezing level: 606.69 mb = 4300.34 m = 14108.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.70 mb = 3401.07 m = 11158.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.07 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.28 mb = 725.40 m = 2379.91 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 2986.53 m = 9798.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.40 C = 101.11 F Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: 2.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.99 C Cross Totals Index: 15.41 C K Index: 23.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5792.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.32 mb = 1370.18 m = 4495.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 338.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -58.7 tot: -54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 76.23 m/s