MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.15,-69.80 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -69.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -165 SFC 982 -0 26.7 25.2 91 1.5 25.6 164 28 301.5 305.3 299.4 363.5 20.97 2 950 288 24.0 23.4 97 0.6 23.6 173 38 301.5 305.1 298.4 358.7 19.39 3 900 761 21.6 21.2 98 0.4 21.3 180 40 303.8 307.1 298.1 357.1 17.92 4 850 1258 19.8 19.0 95 0.8 19.3 187 41 306.9 310.0 298.1 356.7 16.54 5 800 1780 17.9 16.9 94 1.0 17.2 190 43 310.2 313.1 298.1 356.9 15.29 6 750 2332 15.8 14.5 92 1.3 14.9 197 46 313.8 316.4 298.1 357.1 14.00 7 700 2917 13.4 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 205 43 317.3 319.7 298.1 356.9 12.63 8 650 3539 10.5 9.0 90 1.5 9.6 210 39 320.9 323.1 298.0 356.5 11.19 9 600 4203 7.2 5.9 91 1.3 6.4 212 37 324.5 326.4 297.9 356.1 9.76 10 550 4915 3.5 2.4 92 1.1 2.8 215 33 328.3 329.9 297.8 355.6 8.32 11 500 5683 -0.4 -1.5 92 1.1 -1.0 218 28 332.6 334.0 297.8 355.7 6.89 12 450 6520 -4.1 -6.2 85 2.1 -5.2 227 24 338.1 339.2 298.0 356.6 5.37 13 400 7441 -8.8 -11.4 82 2.5 -10.0 240 21 343.5 344.3 298.2 357.7 4.01 14 350 8461 -15.5 -18.2 79 2.8 -16.5 235 12 347.9 348.5 298.2 357.5 2.60 15 300 9606 -23.4 -27.1 72 3.7 -24.4 227 4 352.4 352.7 298.2 357.7 1.38 16 250 10911 -33.9 -37.1 73 3.2 -34.4 91 8 355.7 355.8 298.4 358.2 0.63 17 200 12432 -47.1 -47.5 96 0.4 -47.1 108 14 358.1 358.2 298.5 359.2 0.26 18 150 14266 -63.4 -63.9 94 0.4 -63.4 156 11 360.8 360.8 298.9 361.0 0.05 19 100 16665 -73.6 -78.1 50 4.5 -73.6 144 16 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.28 m Freezing level: 504.63 mb = 5611.73 m = 18410.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 512.82 mb = 5478.87 m = 17975.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.72 mb = 189.25 m = 620.89 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 588.41 m = 1930.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.73 mb = 543.15 m = 1781.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.73 mb = 686.52 m = 2252.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 867.73 mb = 1078.34 m = 3537.82 ft B at Equ Level: 15.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.73 mb = 2587.40 m = 8488.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 44.41 m/s