MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 21.28,-76.18 Latitude: 21.28 Longitude: -76.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 39 26.0 23.8 88 2.2 24.4 218 8 298.7 302.1 297.4 353.4 18.76 1 1000 87 25.4 23.1 87 2.3 23.8 219 8 298.5 301.8 296.9 351.2 18.07 2 950 538 23.5 20.7 85 2.7 21.5 226 11 301.0 304.0 296.5 349.3 16.42 3 900 1010 21.0 18.0 83 3.1 18.9 229 9 303.2 305.9 295.8 346.3 14.54 4 850 1504 18.7 14.8 78 3.9 16.1 228 7 305.7 308.0 295.1 343.3 12.54 5 800 2024 16.4 10.2 67 6.2 12.4 231 7 308.6 310.5 293.9 338.4 9.78 6 750 2571 13.9 4.3 52 9.6 8.3 244 7 311.6 313.0 292.6 333.2 6.95 7 700 3150 10.7 0.4 49 10.3 5.1 254 8 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.1 5.63 8 650 3763 7.0 -1.9 53 8.9 2.3 266 7 316.9 317.8 292.6 333.2 5.11 9 600 4417 3.1 -4.9 56 8.0 -0.9 276 6 319.7 320.5 292.8 334.1 4.43 10 550 5117 -0.7 -8.3 57 7.6 -4.2 288 6 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.6 3.73 11 500 5873 -4.5 -12.6 53 8.1 -7.8 282 8 327.6 328.1 293.7 337.5 2.91 12 450 6696 -9.1 -16.4 55 7.3 -11.8 288 9 331.8 332.2 294.3 340.0 2.36 13 400 7598 -14.5 -22.4 51 7.9 -16.9 291 7 336.2 336.5 294.8 341.9 1.58 14 350 8597 -21.1 -27.6 56 6.5 -22.7 267 6 340.3 340.5 295.4 344.5 1.14 15 300 9718 -29.0 -34.4 59 5.4 -29.9 202 10 344.6 344.7 296.0 347.2 0.69 16 250 10992 -39.8 -45.3 56 5.4 -40.3 177 14 346.9 346.9 296.2 348.0 0.27 17 200 12476 -52.2 -58.9 44 6.8 -52.4 163 13 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.07 18 150 14269 -67.8 -73.5 44 5.8 -67.8 154 10 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16616 -77.7 -81.2 57 3.5 -77.7 77 12 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.25 m Freezing level: 559.16 mb = 4988.79 m = 16367.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.58 mb = 4234.06 m = 13891.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.82 mb = 320.42 m = 1051.23 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1366.29 m = 4482.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 27.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 285.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.64 mb = 831.20 m = 2727.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.64 mb = 3345.38 m = 10975.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.64 mb = 11732.99 m = 38493.58 ft B at Equ Level: 282.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.64 mb = 14938.00 m = 49008.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 96.93 Bulk Shear: 2.94 m/s