MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 20.04,-64.53 Latitude: 20.04 Longitude: -64.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 28.6 23.4 73 5.2 24.8 130 13 300.5 303.8 297.4 353.7 18.14 1 1000 131 27.2 21.7 72 5.6 23.2 130 14 300.4 303.4 296.4 348.8 16.52 2 950 584 23.1 20.1 83 3.1 21.0 133 15 300.7 303.6 296.0 346.9 15.76 3 900 1054 20.7 15.4 71 5.3 17.1 141 13 302.9 305.1 294.1 339.3 12.31 4 850 1547 18.2 12.8 71 5.3 14.7 146 10 305.2 307.2 293.9 338.1 11.00 5 800 2065 15.5 10.5 72 5.0 12.3 141 7 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.0 10.03 6 750 2611 12.5 8.1 75 4.4 9.8 135 6 310.1 311.9 293.8 338.0 9.10 7 700 3187 9.2 5.5 78 3.7 7.0 131 7 312.7 314.2 293.8 338.0 8.15 8 650 3799 5.7 2.7 81 2.9 4.0 124 7 315.4 316.8 293.8 338.0 7.20 9 600 4450 1.9 -0.9 82 2.8 0.4 119 7 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.5 5.99 10 550 5148 -1.9 -5.7 76 3.7 -3.7 114 4 321.8 322.7 293.5 336.7 4.57 11 500 5901 -6.1 -10.7 70 4.7 -8.1 15 2 325.6 326.3 293.6 337.0 3.38 12 450 6718 -10.6 -14.8 71 4.2 -12.2 2 3 329.9 330.4 294.1 339.1 2.69 13 400 7616 -15.7 -18.5 79 2.8 -16.6 20 6 334.6 335.1 294.9 342.5 2.23 14 350 8612 -22.0 -25.5 74 3.4 -22.9 43 10 339.0 339.3 295.3 344.1 1.38 15 300 9727 -29.9 -36.8 51 7.0 -31.0 57 12 343.3 343.4 295.6 345.4 0.54 16 250 10998 -40.2 -44.8 62 4.5 -40.6 24 25 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.4 0.28 17 200 12477 -53.0 -53.4 95 0.4 -53.1 33 22 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.4 0.13 18 150 14261 -69.1 -69.5 94 0.4 -69.1 42 44 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 19 100 16614 -79.2 -80.9 75 1.7 -79.2 24 30 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.18 m Freezing level: 575.11 mb = 4797.50 m = 15739.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.83 mb = 4519.43 m = 14827.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.32 mb = 663.49 m = 2176.78 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1511.70 m = 4959.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.14 C = 91.65 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.05 mb = 996.05 m = 3267.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.05 mb = 2711.07 m = 8894.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.05 mb = 9702.24 m = 31831.11 ft B at Equ Level: 332.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.05 mb = 14617.87 m = 47958.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.2 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 161.2 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -3.0 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 59.64 Bulk Shear: 5.58 m/s