MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 14.67,-55.9 Latitude: 14.67 Longitude: -55.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.4 23.3 74 5.1 24.6 115 7 300.2 303.5 297.3 353.0 18.01 1 1000 135 27.0 22.2 75 4.8 23.5 115 7 300.1 303.2 296.7 350.1 17.04 2 950 587 22.7 21.2 92 1.4 21.6 116 7 300.2 303.3 296.6 349.8 16.93 3 900 1057 20.0 16.8 82 3.3 17.8 114 7 302.1 304.6 294.8 341.9 13.47 4 850 1549 17.9 12.4 70 5.5 14.3 108 6 304.9 306.9 293.5 336.8 10.67 5 800 2067 15.4 8.4 63 7.0 11.1 97 6 307.6 309.2 292.8 334.0 8.69 6 750 2612 12.3 5.7 64 6.6 8.3 81 7 309.9 311.3 292.6 333.4 7.66 7 700 3187 8.7 3.2 68 5.5 5.6 67 8 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.6 6.89 8 650 3797 4.9 0.8 75 4.1 2.7 57 9 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.2 6.26 9 600 4446 1.0 -2.4 78 3.5 -0.7 43 9 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.4 5.34 10 550 5141 -2.5 -8.0 66 5.4 -5.0 42 9 321.1 321.8 292.7 333.6 3.82 11 500 5892 -6.4 -13.8 56 7.4 -9.4 45 7 325.2 325.7 292.8 334.1 2.63 12 450 6709 -11.1 -21.5 42 10.4 -14.3 39 5 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.7 1.53 13 400 7605 -16.1 -20.8 67 4.7 -17.6 43 12 334.0 334.4 294.4 340.5 1.82 14 350 8597 -22.4 -28.3 59 5.9 -23.8 41 12 338.5 338.7 294.9 342.4 1.06 15 300 9712 -30.4 -40.1 38 9.7 -31.7 70 12 342.5 342.6 295.3 344.0 0.39 16 250 10980 -40.6 -49.2 39 8.6 -41.2 53 12 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.17 17 200 12458 -52.9 -60.1 41 7.2 -53.1 39 15 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.06 18 150 14244 -68.9 -69.2 96 0.3 -68.9 76 21 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16586 -78.7 -82.8 51 4.1 -78.7 54 11 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.98 m Freezing level: 585.50 mb = 4647.45 m = 15247.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.92 mb = 4299.54 m = 14105.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.64 mb = 645.67 m = 2118.30 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1049.68 m = 3443.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.51 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 788.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.67 mb = 831.56 m = 2728.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.67 mb = 2187.16 m = 7175.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.67 mb = 12499.44 m = 41008.18 ft B at Equ Level: 784.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.67 mb = 16105.66 m = 52839.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.0 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 102.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -0.9 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 195.24 Bulk Shear: 4.04 m/s