MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 20.27,-76.18 Latitude: 20.27 Longitude: -76.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 989 197 23.3 22.0 93 1.2 22.4 125 3 297.4 300.5 296.0 347.0 17.12 2 950 545 22.9 20.3 85 2.6 21.1 155 7 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.3 16.00 3 900 1016 20.4 18.0 86 2.4 18.8 167 8 302.6 305.3 295.7 345.8 14.62 4 850 1509 17.8 15.7 87 2.1 16.4 169 8 304.8 307.3 295.4 344.5 13.31 5 800 2027 15.5 12.9 85 2.5 13.8 173 8 307.7 309.9 295.1 343.3 11.80 6 750 2574 12.9 9.5 80 3.4 10.7 179 7 310.5 312.4 294.6 341.2 9.99 7 700 3151 9.7 6.0 78 3.7 7.5 180 6 313.3 314.9 294.1 339.4 8.42 8 650 3764 6.2 3.2 81 3.1 4.4 184 6 316.0 317.4 294.1 339.3 7.41 9 600 4417 2.8 0.0 82 2.7 1.3 200 7 319.3 320.6 294.3 339.9 6.41 10 550 5118 -0.5 -3.4 81 2.9 -2.0 227 6 323.4 324.5 294.6 341.1 5.41 11 500 5876 -4.3 -7.5 78 3.2 -5.8 238 5 327.8 328.6 294.9 342.3 4.34 12 450 6699 -9.1 -11.7 82 2.6 -10.2 226 7 331.8 332.5 295.2 343.8 3.49 13 400 7602 -14.8 -16.7 85 2.0 -15.5 202 6 335.8 336.3 295.5 344.9 2.58 14 350 8599 -21.8 -22.2 97 0.4 -21.9 162 7 339.4 339.8 295.8 346.1 1.85 15 300 9716 -29.8 -30.1 98 0.2 -29.9 144 6 343.3 343.6 296.0 347.3 1.05 16 250 10987 -40.2 -40.6 97 0.3 -40.3 125 9 346.2 346.3 296.2 348.0 0.44 17 200 12466 -53.1 -53.9 91 0.8 -53.1 113 19 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.13 18 150 14254 -68.3 -71.7 62 3.4 -68.4 121 14 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.02 19 100 16610 -77.5 -81.2 55 3.7 -77.5 113 22 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.85 m Freezing level: 558.08 mb = 5004.79 m = 16419.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.67 mb = 4680.92 m = 15357.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.45 mb = 350.07 m = 1148.52 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 8.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1393.18 m = 4570.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.51 mb = 943.91 m = 3096.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.51 mb = 3240.39 m = 10631.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.51 mb = 9191.53 m = 30155.57 ft B at Equ Level: 92.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.51 mb = 12383.75 m = 40628.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.8 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 217.8 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 40.76 Bulk Shear: 2.26 m/s