MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1001 78 21.5 18.1 81 3.4 19.2 40 15 294.6 296.9 292.3 332.2 13.13 1 1000 82 21.2 17.6 80 3.6 18.8 39 17 294.4 296.7 291.9 330.8 12.74 2 950 524 18.4 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 32 25 295.9 297.9 291.4 328.9 11.48 3 900 992 22.3 11.5 50 10.9 15.4 27 18 304.5 306.3 292.5 332.9 9.49 4 850 1489 21.7 7.3 39 14.4 12.9 346 15 308.8 310.3 292.3 332.0 7.56 5 800 2011 18.1 1.2 32 16.9 8.8 340 9 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.7 5.21 6 750 2558 13.4 -1.4 36 14.8 5.6 319 7 311.1 311.9 290.4 325.5 4.59 7 700 3133 8.3 -4.3 41 12.6 2.1 299 9 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.2 3.97 8 650 3739 3.0 -6.9 48 9.9 -1.5 307 13 312.4 313.1 289.8 323.6 3.51 9 600 4382 -1.5 -6.9 67 5.4 -4.0 294 15 314.4 315.1 290.7 326.5 3.79 10 550 5072 -4.8 -6.8 86 2.0 -5.7 279 18 318.4 319.2 292.2 332.0 4.17 11 500 5816 -9.0 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 276 22 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.7 3.52 12 450 6624 -14.4 -14.7 98 0.3 -14.5 282 25 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.3 2.72 13 400 7507 -20.1 -23.4 75 3.3 -21.0 294 34 328.9 329.2 292.8 334.0 1.45 14 350 8483 -27.3 -35.1 48 7.8 -28.6 305 34 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.0 0.55 15 300 9570 -37.1 -43.2 53 6.1 -37.7 307 27 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.28 16 250 10801 -47.8 -49.3 84 1.6 -47.9 288 35 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.7 0.17 17 200 12233 -60.0 -61.2 86 1.2 -60.0 269 34 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.05 18 150 14005 -64.5 -77.4 16 12.8 -64.6 278 46 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16461 -68.2 -85.4 7 17.2 -68.3 259 34 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.97 m Freezing level: 616.72 mb = 4167.18 m = 13671.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.70 mb = 3483.03 m = 11427.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.94 % Est. max temperature: 35.69 C = 96.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.58 mb = 509.45 m = 1671.41 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.12 mb = 2851.00 m = 9353.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.28 C = 100.91 F Cap Strength: 9.22 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 16.29 C K Index: 25.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4581.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.96 mb = 1197.46 m = 3928.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: -48.8 tot: -40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 69.07 m/s