MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1003 78 20.1 18.1 89 1.9 18.8 300 4 293.0 295.3 291.8 330.4 13.17 1 1000 104 19.8 18.0 90 1.8 18.6 300 4 292.9 295.2 291.7 330.1 13.09 2 950 544 16.6 16.2 98 0.4 16.4 95 2 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.1 12.28 3 900 1007 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.4 147 11 299.7 301.6 291.6 329.8 10.24 4 850 1496 17.0 10.1 64 6.8 12.7 20 9 303.9 305.6 292.1 331.3 9.18 5 800 2011 14.2 7.0 62 7.2 9.9 336 14 306.3 307.8 291.7 330.2 7.90 6 750 2554 11.8 4.5 61 7.3 7.5 313 20 309.3 310.7 292.0 331.0 7.05 7 700 3128 7.2 3.5 78 3.7 5.1 310 24 310.4 311.8 292.3 332.2 7.05 8 650 3733 2.9 -0.9 76 3.8 0.9 284 18 312.2 313.3 291.6 329.5 5.51 9 600 4378 -0.9 -3.8 80 2.9 -2.3 283 29 315.1 316.0 291.8 330.4 4.81 10 550 5066 -6.0 -7.6 88 1.6 -6.7 272 46 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.94 11 500 5807 -10.3 -13.2 79 2.9 -11.3 285 43 320.5 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.77 12 450 6612 -14.9 -19.7 66 4.8 -16.4 307 38 324.5 324.9 291.9 330.6 1.77 13 400 7493 -20.6 -25.0 68 4.4 -21.7 303 43 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.8 1.26 14 350 8468 -27.7 -34.7 51 7.0 -28.8 293 40 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.6 0.57 15 300 9555 -36.8 -37.2 96 0.4 -36.8 296 40 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.52 16 250 10788 -47.6 -47.6 100 0.0 -47.6 291 59 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.21 17 200 12223 -58.7 -61.6 69 2.9 -58.7 275 56 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14002 -63.7 -75.7 18 12.0 -63.8 264 67 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16469 -68.0 -85.6 6 17.6 -68.1 268 27 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.83 m Freezing level: 611.74 mb = 4226.54 m = 13866.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.06 mb = 3907.95 m = 12821.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.04 mb = 321.19 m = 1053.76 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 1.31 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2367.94 m = 7768.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.41 C = 95.73 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4886.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.15 mb = 752.94 m = 2470.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 5.9 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -114.6 tot: -85.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 54.05 m/s