MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: -1.34,-18.89 Latitude: -1.34 Longitude: -18.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 25.2 22.0 82 3.2 22.9 146 10 297.2 300.2 295.6 345.3 16.61 1 1000 120 24.3 20.0 77 4.3 21.3 145 13 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.5 14.88 2 950 568 21.3 17.0 77 4.3 18.4 128 15 298.8 301.2 293.4 336.6 12.97 3 900 1035 18.4 15.3 82 3.1 16.3 119 12 300.5 302.7 293.4 336.4 12.23 4 850 1523 14.5 14.1 98 0.3 14.3 112 10 301.3 303.5 293.5 336.6 12.01 5 800 2038 15.8 6.0 52 9.8 10.0 81 11 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.5 7.35 6 750 2583 12.9 2.4 49 10.5 7.0 95 11 310.5 311.7 291.5 329.4 6.06 7 700 3159 9.5 -1.3 47 10.8 3.8 102 13 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.6 4.97 8 650 3770 6.3 -6.7 39 13.0 0.1 96 17 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.5 3.56 9 600 4422 2.8 -10.0 38 12.8 -2.9 84 20 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.1 2.98 10 550 5120 -1.9 -8.7 60 6.8 -5.0 65 20 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.6 3.59 11 500 5873 -4.8 -24.8 19 20.0 -10.8 59 16 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.8 1.02 12 450 6694 -9.8 -39.8 7 30.0 -15.7 101 17 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.27 13 400 7591 -16.1 -43.0 8 26.9 -20.5 104 24 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.21 14 350 8582 -23.0 -37.2 26 14.2 -25.5 70 32 337.7 337.8 294.1 339.4 0.45 15 300 9694 -30.9 -51.7 11 20.8 -32.7 71 28 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.3 0.11 16 250 10963 -40.8 -57.7 15 16.9 -41.7 9 11 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 17 200 12438 -53.4 -64.7 24 11.3 -53.7 295 3 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14226 -67.5 -69.9 71 2.4 -67.5 268 23 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16594 -78.4 -82.7 50 4.2 -78.4 95 17 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.40 m Freezing level: 570.57 mb = 4833.23 m = 15856.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.71 mb = 3799.10 m = 12464.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.45 mb = 408.80 m = 1341.19 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1250.73 m = 4103.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.96 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 2.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 3.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.27 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: 22.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.74 mb = 961.00 m = 3152.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.74 mb = 1495.38 m = 4906.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.74 mb = 1595.70 m = 5235.19 ft B at Equ Level: 9.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 812.74 mb = 1903.58 m = 6245.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 121.6 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -9.6 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 16.91 m/s