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: 32.22,-69.96 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -69.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -186 SFC 979 -0 26.6 25.3 93 1.3 25.7 114 15 301.6 305.5 299.5 364.2 21.18 2 950 268 24.2 23.6 97 0.5 23.8 126 21 301.7 305.3 298.7 360.0 19.71 3 900 742 21.9 21.5 97 0.4 21.6 137 21 304.1 307.4 298.4 358.2 18.18 4 850 1239 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 152 21 307.3 310.4 298.2 357.7 16.71 5 800 1762 18.3 17.0 92 1.3 17.4 166 21 310.7 313.6 298.2 357.8 15.42 6 750 2315 16.2 14.6 90 1.7 15.1 182 20 314.2 316.9 298.2 357.8 14.06 7 700 2901 13.8 12.0 88 1.9 12.6 196 17 317.8 320.2 298.2 357.6 12.67 8 650 3525 11.1 9.0 87 2.0 9.7 203 14 321.5 323.7 298.1 357.2 11.20 9 600 4191 7.8 6.0 88 1.8 6.6 206 11 325.1 327.1 298.1 356.9 9.80 10 550 4905 4.1 2.5 89 1.6 3.1 216 6 328.9 330.6 298.0 356.4 8.36 11 500 5676 0.1 -1.5 89 1.6 -0.8 255 2 333.2 334.6 298.0 356.3 6.87 12 450 6516 -3.3 -6.8 77 3.4 -5.1 324 6 339.0 340.1 298.1 356.8 5.12 13 400 7442 -7.8 -12.5 69 4.7 -9.9 326 11 344.9 345.6 298.3 358.0 3.67 14 350 8467 -14.8 -19.2 69 4.4 -16.4 356 7 348.8 349.3 298.2 357.7 2.39 15 300 9615 -23.2 -28.2 64 5.0 -24.5 28 9 352.7 352.9 298.2 357.5 1.25 16 250 10920 -34.2 -38.6 65 4.4 -34.8 59 17 355.2 355.4 298.2 357.5 0.55 17 200 12438 -47.5 -47.6 98 0.2 -47.5 77 13 357.6 357.7 298.4 358.7 0.26 18 150 14269 -63.8 -64.0 96 0.3 -63.8 132 7 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.5 0.05 19 100 16668 -72.8 -77.9 45 5.2 -72.8 140 17 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.86 m Freezing level: 498.35 mb = 5703.70 m = 18712.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 510.27 mb = 5511.59 m = 18082.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.39 mb = 162.96 m = 534.65 ft T: 25.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 6.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 602.36 m = 1976.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.70 mb = 542.74 m = 1780.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.70 mb = 783.58 m = 2570.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.70 mb = 881.21 m = 2891.06 ft B at Equ Level: 15.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 755.70 mb = 2250.38 m = 7383.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 204.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 28.49 m/s