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: 29.49,-67.83 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -67.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.3 24.4 84 2.9 25.2 104 40 299.7 303.2 298.0 356.6 19.44 1 1000 77 26.3 23.0 82 3.3 23.9 106 48 299.5 302.7 297.1 352.0 17.96 2 950 527 22.0 21.1 95 0.9 21.4 110 58 299.6 302.6 296.4 348.8 16.84 3 900 996 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.3 122 64 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.0 14.36 4 850 1489 17.8 14.4 81 3.4 15.5 126 65 304.8 307.0 294.6 341.3 12.23 5 800 2006 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 126 62 307.3 309.4 294.7 341.8 11.44 6 750 2552 12.6 10.2 85 2.4 11.0 124 60 310.3 312.3 294.8 342.3 10.47 7 700 3130 10.1 7.6 85 2.5 8.6 124 58 313.7 315.5 295.0 342.9 9.42 8 650 3745 6.9 4.8 86 2.1 5.6 121 56 316.8 318.4 295.1 343.1 8.34 9 600 4399 3.0 2.0 93 1.0 2.4 118 52 319.5 321.0 295.1 343.1 7.39 10 550 5101 -0.2 -1.3 92 1.1 -0.8 114 53 323.9 325.1 295.4 344.6 6.35 11 500 5861 -3.5 -5.5 86 2.0 -4.5 113 52 328.8 329.8 295.7 345.8 5.08 12 450 6689 -7.0 -10.7 75 3.7 -8.7 120 48 334.4 335.2 296.1 347.4 3.77 13 400 7600 -12.2 -17.3 66 5.0 -14.1 115 46 339.1 339.6 296.2 347.9 2.47 14 350 8606 -19.9 -21.9 84 2.0 -20.5 108 42 342.0 342.4 296.4 348.9 1.90 15 300 9730 -28.4 -32.5 68 4.0 -29.2 95 37 345.3 345.5 296.3 348.5 0.83 16 250 11009 -38.5 -48.9 33 10.4 -39.3 93 46 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.6 0.18 17 200 12503 -50.2 -50.6 95 0.4 -50.3 115 34 353.3 353.3 297.5 354.0 0.18 18 150 14321 -64.4 -65.6 85 1.2 -64.4 174 22 359.2 359.2 298.6 359.3 0.04 19 100 16685 -76.5 -81.3 47 4.8 -76.5 75 16 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.06 m Freezing level: 552.53 mb = 5065.78 m = 16619.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 562.42 mb = 4921.17 m = 16145.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.12 mb = 361.42 m = 1185.73 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 788.16 m = 2585.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.28 mb = 681.51 m = 2235.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.28 mb = 1012.94 m = 3323.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 878.28 mb = 1206.93 m = 3959.70 ft B at Equ Level: 6.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.28 mb = 10009.55 m = 32839.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.5 at 56.9 knts Storm direction: 149.5 at 42.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.5 neg: -42.0 tot: 276.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 5.18 Bulk Shear: 19.33 m/s