MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 26 SEP 25 Station: 18.83,-70.87 Latitude: 18.83 Longitude: -70.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 121 1 950 560 2 900 1024 SFC 892 1098 18.3 17.8 97 0.5 18.0 178 3 301.1 303.8 295.3 343.9 14.56 4 850 1513 16.7 16.3 97 0.5 16.4 172 8 303.7 306.2 295.4 344.7 13.81 5 800 2028 14.0 13.6 98 0.4 13.7 182 11 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.1 12.35 6 750 2572 11.5 11.2 99 0.2 11.3 193 13 309.0 311.2 295.1 343.2 11.25 7 700 3147 8.7 8.4 98 0.3 8.5 203 13 312.1 314.0 295.0 342.7 9.93 8 650 3759 5.8 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 217 13 315.5 317.1 295.0 342.7 8.70 9 600 4411 2.4 2.3 99 0.1 2.3 229 8 318.9 320.3 295.0 342.9 7.53 10 550 5111 -1.3 -1.6 97 0.3 -1.5 237 3 322.6 323.8 295.0 342.6 6.18 11 500 5866 -4.9 -5.5 95 0.6 -5.2 335 1 327.0 328.1 295.3 343.9 5.07 12 450 6689 -9.4 -10.1 94 0.7 -9.7 77 4 331.4 332.2 295.5 344.9 3.94 13 400 7591 -14.8 -15.5 95 0.7 -15.0 92 4 335.8 336.4 295.7 345.8 2.87 14 350 8589 -21.5 -21.9 96 0.4 -21.6 161 7 339.8 340.2 295.9 346.6 1.89 15 300 9707 -29.7 -30.4 93 0.7 -29.9 198 8 343.5 343.7 296.0 347.3 1.01 16 250 10978 -40.4 -40.9 95 0.5 -40.5 240 6 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.7 0.43 17 200 12455 -53.4 -53.9 95 0.5 -53.4 245 17 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.7 0.13 18 150 14242 -67.6 -71.4 59 3.7 -67.7 304 14 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16608 -77.2 -81.1 53 3.9 -77.2 49 10 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.56 m Freezing level: 567.56 mb = 4864.93 m = 15960.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.74 mb = 4827.08 m = 15836.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.30 mb = 1155.43 m = 3790.74 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1752.49 m = 5749.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.84 C = 71.32 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.09 mb = 1653.09 m = 5423.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.09 mb = 2122.46 m = 6963.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.09 mb = 5692.37 m = 18675.52 ft B at Equ Level: 46.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.09 mb = 7759.17 m = 25456.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 31.52 Bulk Shear: 1.49 m/s