MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 78 20.5 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 214 2 293.2 295.5 291.9 330.7 13.18 1 1000 124 20.0 17.9 88 2.1 18.6 223 2 293.1 295.5 291.7 330.1 12.99 2 950 565 16.8 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 236 4 294.2 296.4 291.5 329.3 12.30 3 900 1026 15.9 14.1 89 1.8 14.7 209 22 297.9 299.9 291.9 330.7 11.29 4 850 1512 15.0 11.9 82 3.0 13.0 223 18 301.8 303.7 292.4 332.5 10.38 5 800 2025 12.7 9.1 78 3.7 10.5 309 8 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.0 9.08 6 750 2564 8.8 4.5 75 4.2 6.3 357 8 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.6 7.08 7 700 3132 4.7 2.0 83 2.7 3.2 34 8 307.7 308.9 290.9 327.0 6.32 8 650 3732 1.2 0.9 98 0.3 1.1 0 10 310.4 311.6 291.7 329.9 6.31 9 600 4375 -1.0 -1.2 99 0.2 -1.2 326 24 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.4 5.84 10 550 5066 -4.2 -4.6 97 0.4 -4.4 324 30 319.0 320.0 293.0 335.0 4.94 11 500 5812 -9.1 -9.6 96 0.5 -9.3 319 31 322.0 322.7 292.9 334.2 3.69 12 450 6620 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.6 -14.9 315 34 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.5 2.45 13 400 7503 -20.5 -21.6 91 1.1 -20.8 311 39 328.4 328.7 292.9 334.4 1.71 14 350 8477 -27.6 -32.0 66 4.4 -28.3 322 37 331.6 331.7 292.9 334.3 0.75 15 300 9565 -36.5 -37.4 91 0.9 -36.6 301 30 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.51 16 250 10800 -47.2 -47.8 94 0.6 -47.2 284 32 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.20 17 200 12233 -59.6 -60.4 90 0.8 -59.6 269 43 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 18 150 14017 -62.5 -78.0 11 15.5 -62.6 267 49 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16470 -68.9 -86.0 7 17.2 -68.9 260 31 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.80 m Freezing level: 622.69 mb = 4083.51 m = 13397.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.87 mb = 4036.15 m = 13241.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.69 mb = 362.01 m = 1187.68 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1696.77 m = 5566.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4711.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.95 mb = 682.61 m = 2239.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 344.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.9 neg: -18.5 tot: 74.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 37.05 m/s