MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 27.21,-77.42 Latitude: 27.21 Longitude: -77.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 27.4 24.9 87 2.4 25.6 278 28 300.3 304.0 298.6 359.6 20.18 1 1000 24 26.9 24.1 85 2.8 24.9 279 29 300.1 303.6 298.0 356.6 19.26 2 950 477 22.8 22.6 99 0.1 22.7 284 35 300.3 303.7 297.6 354.6 18.50 3 900 948 21.1 20.0 94 1.1 20.4 278 34 303.2 306.3 297.2 352.5 16.59 4 850 1444 19.8 16.1 80 3.6 17.3 275 35 306.9 309.4 296.2 348.1 13.71 5 800 1965 17.2 13.1 77 4.1 14.4 274 33 309.4 311.7 295.7 345.8 11.93 6 750 2516 16.0 9.2 64 6.8 11.6 262 29 314.0 315.8 295.3 344.3 9.77 7 700 3101 13.8 3.5 50 10.3 7.7 254 26 317.8 319.1 294.3 340.1 7.03 8 650 3722 10.5 -2.2 41 12.7 3.7 250 24 320.8 321.8 293.6 337.1 5.01 9 600 4383 5.5 -7.3 39 12.9 -0.6 237 23 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.7 3.67 10 550 5088 1.3 -19.2 20 20.5 -6.1 215 23 325.6 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.52 11 500 5848 -3.3 -21.8 22 18.5 -9.5 216 21 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.8 1.33 12 450 6672 -8.7 -30.8 15 22.1 -14.3 209 27 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.7 0.65 13 400 7575 -13.8 -39.9 9 26.0 -18.8 195 35 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.2 0.30 14 350 8579 -19.4 -40.6 14 21.1 -23.1 193 38 342.6 342.6 295.3 343.8 0.32 15 300 9704 -28.0 -42.2 24 14.2 -29.9 201 40 346.0 346.0 296.0 347.2 0.31 16 250 10984 -38.8 -51.7 24 12.9 -39.7 200 35 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.9 0.13 17 200 12473 -51.6 -63.0 24 11.4 -51.9 201 28 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.04 18 150 14274 -66.4 -72.9 39 6.6 -66.4 160 23 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16649 -77.4 -79.7 69 2.3 -77.4 56 13 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.62 m Freezing level: 535.91 mb = 5302.14 m = 17395.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.25 mb = 4283.66 m = 14053.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.74 C = 92.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.51 mb = 306.47 m = 1005.47 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.86 mb = 654.06 m = 2145.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.27 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 28.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.86 mb = 588.73 m = 1931.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.86 mb = 4207.85 m = 13805.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.86 mb = 13758.80 m = 45139.86 ft B at Equ Level: 732.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -63.6 tot: -50.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 30.52 Bulk Shear: 24.03 m/s