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: 28.64,-67.03 Latitude: 28.64 Longitude: -67.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 1 27.3 24.9 86 2.5 25.5 131 44 299.8 303.4 298.4 358.4 19.97 1 1000 74 26.3 23.4 84 2.9 24.2 133 53 299.4 302.8 297.4 353.4 18.44 2 950 525 22.1 21.4 96 0.7 21.6 138 64 299.6 302.7 296.5 349.7 17.14 3 900 994 19.2 18.6 96 0.6 18.8 147 68 301.3 304.1 295.7 345.9 15.16 4 850 1486 17.4 14.9 85 2.5 15.7 152 68 304.3 306.7 294.8 341.9 12.60 5 800 2003 14.5 12.6 88 1.9 13.3 154 68 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.4 11.54 6 750 2547 12.0 10.6 91 1.5 11.1 155 67 309.6 311.7 294.9 342.4 10.73 7 700 3124 9.4 8.1 91 1.4 8.6 157 64 312.9 314.8 295.0 343.0 9.71 8 650 3737 6.4 5.3 92 1.2 5.7 158 59 316.2 317.9 295.1 343.3 8.61 9 600 4392 3.3 2.1 92 1.2 2.6 154 54 319.9 321.3 295.2 343.7 7.45 10 550 5095 0.5 -1.1 89 1.5 -0.4 154 53 324.6 325.9 295.7 345.7 6.45 11 500 5856 -3.5 -4.5 92 1.1 -4.0 153 49 328.8 329.9 296.0 347.1 5.47 12 450 6683 -7.9 -8.6 94 0.7 -8.2 150 46 333.3 334.2 296.3 348.4 4.43 13 400 7590 -13.0 -14.0 93 0.9 -13.4 149 44 338.0 338.7 296.5 349.4 3.24 14 350 8597 -19.3 -20.7 88 1.4 -19.7 141 47 342.8 343.2 296.7 350.4 2.10 15 300 9725 -27.3 -30.2 77 2.9 -27.9 133 42 346.9 347.1 296.8 350.9 1.04 16 250 11010 -37.7 -39.4 84 1.7 -37.9 128 37 350.0 350.1 297.1 352.0 0.50 17 200 12507 -50.4 -50.5 99 0.1 -50.4 151 35 352.9 352.9 297.4 353.7 0.19 18 150 14319 -64.7 -65.0 96 0.3 -64.7 183 22 358.6 358.6 298.5 358.8 0.04 19 100 16675 -78.9 -81.2 68 2.4 -78.8 60 18 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.68 m Freezing level: 543.95 mb = 5186.83 m = 17016.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 556.53 mb = 4999.41 m = 16402.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.97 mb = 314.79 m = 1032.75 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 16.99 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.13 mb = 652.41 m = 2140.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.81 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.35 mb = 622.65 m = 2042.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.35 mb = 668.97 m = 2194.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.35 mb = 7891.18 m = 25889.39 ft B at Equ Level: 222.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.35 mb = 13020.51 m = 42717.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.0 at 60.1 knts Storm direction: 182.0 at 45.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 400.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 5.82 Bulk Shear: 38.27 m/s