MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 36.31,-35.28 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -35.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -120 SFC 986 -0 24.5 23.1 92 1.3 23.5 251 32 298.8 302.1 297.1 352.4 18.37 2 950 330 21.9 21.7 99 0.2 21.8 260 44 299.4 302.6 296.7 350.5 17.48 3 900 800 20.5 19.2 92 1.3 19.6 267 44 302.6 305.5 296.4 349.2 15.73 4 850 1295 19.5 16.5 83 2.9 17.4 271 44 306.5 309.2 296.4 348.8 14.06 5 800 1817 17.9 13.8 77 4.1 15.1 275 45 310.2 312.6 296.3 348.3 12.50 6 750 2368 16.0 10.7 71 5.2 12.6 278 47 313.9 316.0 296.1 347.6 10.88 7 700 2953 13.2 7.7 69 5.5 9.7 280 47 317.1 319.0 296.0 346.9 9.47 8 650 3574 10.2 4.5 68 5.7 6.7 283 47 320.4 322.0 295.8 346.5 8.15 9 600 4236 6.5 1.0 68 5.5 3.4 286 48 323.7 325.0 295.7 346.0 6.87 10 550 4947 3.1 -3.0 64 6.1 -0.2 288 55 327.8 328.9 295.8 346.4 5.60 11 500 5714 -1.1 -7.7 61 6.6 -4.3 291 59 331.7 332.5 295.8 346.3 4.29 12 450 6547 -6.4 -15.7 48 9.3 -10.1 297 59 335.2 335.8 295.3 344.1 2.51 13 400 7455 -13.5 -26.0 34 12.5 -17.0 299 65 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.7 1.15 14 350 8455 -21.2 -29.3 48 8.1 -23.1 298 59 340.2 340.4 295.2 343.8 0.96 15 300 9573 -29.7 -31.4 85 1.7 -30.0 299 46 343.5 343.7 296.0 347.0 0.92 16 250 10847 -39.4 -40.1 93 0.7 -39.4 302 38 347.5 347.6 296.5 349.4 0.47 17 200 12336 -51.5 -53.9 76 2.4 -51.6 289 31 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.7 0.13 18 150 14135 -67.3 -67.8 94 0.5 -67.3 293 32 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.03 19 100 16521 -69.0 -81.3 15 12.3 -69.1 250 22 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.04 m Freezing level: 513.23 mb = 5511.00 m = 18080.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 552.22 mb = 4914.01 m = 16121.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.66 mb = 168.52 m = 552.88 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 6.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1326.50 m = 4351.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.33 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.65 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 404.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.42 mb = 567.27 m = 1861.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 409.42 mb = 7275.71 m = 23870.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.42 mb = 11420.43 m = 37468.14 ft B at Equ Level: 190.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.42 mb = 14157.88 m = 46449.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 204.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 45.73 m/s