MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 18.38,-70.91 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -70.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 978 298 26.7 22.0 76 4.7 23.3 164 4 301.8 305.0 297.3 352.8 17.30 2 950 552 24.2 20.8 81 3.4 21.8 161 5 301.8 304.8 296.7 350.5 16.54 3 900 1024 21.0 18.2 84 2.7 19.1 167 4 303.1 305.9 296.0 347.0 14.81 4 850 1518 18.5 14.5 77 4.0 15.8 209 4 305.5 307.8 294.9 342.3 12.29 5 800 2037 15.9 10.6 71 5.3 12.5 213 9 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.6 10.08 6 750 2583 12.9 7.5 70 5.4 9.6 211 12 310.6 312.3 293.7 337.4 8.73 7 700 3160 9.7 5.5 75 4.3 7.2 209 11 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.4 8.09 8 650 3773 6.1 3.5 84 2.6 4.6 211 9 315.9 317.3 294.3 339.8 7.62 9 600 4425 2.2 1.2 93 1.0 1.6 205 10 318.6 320.0 294.5 340.8 6.96 10 550 5125 -1.4 -2.1 96 0.6 -1.8 206 11 322.4 323.6 294.8 341.8 6.00 11 500 5880 -5.2 -6.5 90 1.3 -5.8 202 12 326.7 327.7 294.9 342.4 4.72 12 450 6702 -9.7 -11.1 89 1.4 -10.3 202 9 331.1 331.8 295.1 343.5 3.65 13 400 7603 -14.9 -15.3 97 0.4 -15.0 205 2 335.7 336.3 295.7 345.9 2.92 14 350 8601 -21.4 -22.4 92 1.0 -21.7 280 5 339.9 340.3 295.8 346.5 1.82 15 300 9719 -29.7 -35.4 57 5.8 -30.6 23 9 343.6 343.7 295.7 346.0 0.62 16 250 10991 -40.2 -44.7 62 4.5 -40.6 55 22 346.3 346.4 296.1 347.5 0.29 17 200 12471 -52.8 -53.2 95 0.4 -52.8 61 34 349.2 349.2 296.6 349.8 0.14 18 150 14264 -68.0 -69.6 79 1.7 -67.9 96 24 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16606 -80.2 -81.6 78 1.5 -80.1 87 29 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.93 m Freezing level: 569.94 mb = 4845.83 m = 15898.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.23 mb = 4750.34 m = 15584.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.87 mb = 890.52 m = 2921.61 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1596.98 m = 5239.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.76 mb = 1181.44 m = 3876.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.76 mb = 2709.35 m = 8888.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.76 mb = 11876.37 m = 38964.00 ft B at Equ Level: 409.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.76 mb = 15613.02 m = 51223.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 75.29 Bulk Shear: 5.46 m/s