MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 78 21.3 17.7 80 3.6 18.9 13 4 294.2 296.5 291.9 330.8 12.83 1 1000 110 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.4 15 6 294.3 296.5 291.6 329.4 12.27 2 950 552 19.2 14.8 75 4.4 16.3 293 5 296.7 298.7 291.5 329.1 11.19 3 900 1019 19.9 12.4 62 7.5 15.1 229 17 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.8 10.08 4 850 1511 18.9 9.3 54 9.6 12.9 245 10 305.9 307.5 292.3 332.1 8.69 5 800 2030 17.1 1.6 35 15.4 8.5 282 2 309.3 310.4 290.6 326.0 5.39 6 750 2576 12.6 -2.7 35 15.2 4.8 274 3 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.4 4.19 7 700 3149 7.8 -5.1 40 12.9 1.6 287 6 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.9 3.72 8 650 3754 2.2 -5.7 56 7.9 -1.4 305 7 311.5 312.2 289.9 323.7 3.86 9 600 4394 -3.1 -5.7 82 2.6 -4.3 332 9 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.7 4.16 10 550 5079 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.4 330 16 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.4 4.18 11 500 5821 -9.5 -10.8 90 1.3 -10.1 314 25 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.5 3.35 12 450 6629 -13.9 -16.1 83 2.2 -14.7 283 33 325.7 326.2 292.8 334.0 2.42 13 400 7513 -20.1 -23.1 77 3.0 -20.9 293 28 328.9 329.2 292.8 334.1 1.49 14 350 8488 -27.5 -33.7 56 6.2 -28.5 301 28 331.7 331.8 292.8 334.0 0.64 15 300 9576 -36.9 -41.2 65 4.3 -37.3 309 33 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.35 16 250 10809 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.6 -47.7 303 28 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12244 -58.3 -63.9 49 5.6 -58.4 267 58 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 14030 -64.2 -77.5 15 13.3 -64.3 261 45 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16474 -68.0 -86.0 6 18.0 -68.1 267 34 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.52 m Freezing level: 629.33 mb = 4018.76 m = 13184.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.71 mb = 3461.73 m = 11357.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.22 mb = 532.07 m = 1745.61 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 9.29 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.32 mb = 2774.13 m = 9101.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.70 C = 99.86 F Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lifted Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 515.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.56 mb = 1167.85 m = 3831.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.56 mb = 4267.94 m = 14002.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.56 mb = 4804.32 m = 15762.02 ft B at Equ Level: 33.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 499.56 mb = 5828.18 m = 19121.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.4 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 331.4 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.7 neg: -26.1 tot: -9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.33 Bulk Shear: 6.34 m/s