MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 34.04,-69.09 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -69.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 26.5 24.3 88 2.2 24.9 97 27 298.6 302.1 297.7 354.7 19.22 1 1000 101 25.4 23.1 87 2.3 23.8 99 33 298.6 301.8 296.9 351.1 18.05 2 950 551 22.0 21.0 94 1.0 21.3 108 39 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.4 16.73 3 900 1020 19.8 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 119 40 301.9 304.6 295.4 344.6 14.46 4 850 1512 17.4 14.9 85 2.5 15.7 121 39 304.4 306.7 294.8 342.1 12.65 5 800 2029 14.6 12.3 86 2.3 13.1 119 39 306.7 308.8 294.5 340.8 11.32 6 750 2574 12.0 9.8 86 2.2 10.6 115 38 309.6 311.6 294.5 340.9 10.23 7 700 3150 9.2 7.0 86 2.2 7.9 116 37 312.7 314.4 294.5 340.7 9.04 8 650 3762 5.9 4.2 89 1.7 4.9 117 36 315.6 317.1 294.4 340.6 7.97 9 600 4414 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 116 38 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.0 7.13 10 550 5113 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.2 -1.6 118 37 322.4 323.6 294.9 342.4 6.16 11 500 5869 -4.9 -5.5 96 0.6 -5.3 115 33 327.0 328.0 295.3 343.9 5.08 12 450 6692 -9.0 -9.6 95 0.6 -9.3 117 31 331.9 332.7 295.7 345.8 4.09 13 400 7595 -14.2 -14.7 96 0.5 -14.3 122 27 336.6 337.2 296.0 347.3 3.07 14 350 8597 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 128 23 341.1 341.6 296.4 348.8 2.13 15 300 9719 -28.6 -29.4 92 0.8 -28.7 131 18 345.1 345.4 296.5 349.3 1.12 16 250 10998 -38.7 -39.3 94 0.6 -38.8 148 14 348.5 348.6 296.7 350.5 0.51 17 200 12489 -50.9 -50.9 100 0.0 -50.9 179 30 352.1 352.2 297.3 352.9 0.18 18 150 14299 -65.5 -65.8 96 0.3 -65.5 236 24 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.4 0.04 19 100 16663 -76.1 -81.9 39 5.8 -76.2 332 17 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.11 m Freezing level: 571.50 mb = 4812.47 m = 15788.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.24 mb = 4766.61 m = 15638.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.25 mb = 275.52 m = 903.93 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.93 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 833.62 m = 2734.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.85 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 35.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 325.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.90 mb = 652.60 m = 2141.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.90 mb = 1372.60 m = 4503.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.90 mb = 9161.17 m = 30055.97 ft B at Equ Level: 325.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.90 mb = 13741.19 m = 45082.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.7 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 145.7 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.8 neg: -22.4 tot: 105.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 32.03 Bulk Shear: 10.17 m/s