MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 19.53,-120.68 Latitude: 19.53 Longitude: -120.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 1 26.4 23.8 86 2.6 24.5 181 16 298.7 302.1 297.3 353.2 18.65 1 1000 80 25.8 22.6 82 3.2 23.5 182 19 299.0 302.1 296.6 350.0 17.48 2 950 531 23.4 16.5 65 6.9 18.8 197 27 301.0 303.3 293.8 337.8 12.54 3 900 1002 22.4 7.8 39 14.6 13.6 202 25 304.6 306.0 290.8 326.8 7.39 4 850 1497 20.2 3.0 32 17.2 10.5 202 24 307.3 308.4 290.1 324.5 5.59 5 800 2017 17.1 2.7 38 14.5 9.0 199 23 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.3 5.80 6 750 2564 13.7 1.2 43 12.5 6.8 196 21 311.4 312.5 291.3 328.8 5.57 7 700 3141 9.9 0.8 53 9.1 4.9 195 22 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.7 5.81 8 650 3753 6.1 2.0 75 4.1 3.8 195 24 315.9 317.2 293.7 337.3 6.80 9 600 4406 2.6 0.6 87 2.0 1.5 200 28 319.1 320.4 294.4 340.5 6.68 10 550 5106 -0.9 -3.0 85 2.1 -2.0 200 31 323.0 324.1 294.6 341.2 5.57 11 500 5863 -4.5 -7.2 82 2.7 -5.8 194 31 327.6 328.4 294.9 342.5 4.47 12 450 6688 -8.2 -16.6 51 8.5 -11.3 209 25 332.9 333.4 294.6 341.1 2.31 13 400 7592 -14.2 -20.1 61 5.9 -16.2 222 19 336.6 337.0 295.1 343.5 1.94 14 350 8590 -21.9 -33.7 33 11.8 -24.2 24 3 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.63 15 300 9703 -31.3 -43.6 29 12.3 -32.7 26 12 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.27 16 250 10968 -40.6 -41.9 87 1.3 -40.8 196 23 345.7 345.7 296.0 347.2 0.39 17 200 12450 -51.7 -56.5 56 4.8 -51.9 244 16 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.3 0.09 18 150 14252 -66.3 -68.7 72 2.3 -66.4 306 18 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16614 -80.6 -83.1 65 2.6 -80.5 55 3 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.44 m Freezing level: 562.88 mb = 4925.85 m = 16160.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.89 mb = 4694.24 m = 15400.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.96 mb = 330.25 m = 1083.50 ft T: 24.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 28.64 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2537.33 m = 8324.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.96 C = 102.12 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: 2.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 9.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 7.50 C K Index: 18.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3634.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.11 mb = 1284.76 m = 4215.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 227.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.6 neg: -12.6 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.83 Bulk Shear: 3.33 m/s