MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: -2.45,-55.90 Latitude: -2.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 66 SFC 998 84 33.7 17.8 39 15.8 22.5 121 2 307.0 309.4 295.7 346.1 12.97 2 950 528 31.6 14.5 36 17.1 20.0 89 11 309.3 311.4 295.0 342.8 11.02 3 900 1010 27.3 13.3 42 14.0 17.9 88 13 309.7 311.7 294.9 342.5 10.76 4 850 1512 22.7 12.3 52 10.4 15.8 86 13 309.9 311.9 294.8 342.3 10.61 5 800 2036 17.7 11.1 65 6.6 13.4 85 13 310.0 312.0 294.8 341.9 10.44 6 750 2584 12.6 9.7 83 2.9 10.8 82 15 310.3 312.2 294.6 341.3 10.16 7 700 3160 8.7 4.8 77 3.9 6.3 84 19 312.1 313.5 293.3 336.0 7.71 8 650 3771 5.7 1.8 76 3.9 3.5 89 18 315.4 316.7 293.4 336.5 6.72 9 600 4422 1.9 -2.0 75 3.9 -0.1 94 14 318.4 319.4 293.3 336.1 5.53 10 550 5120 -1.5 -7.4 64 5.9 -4.2 97 10 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.5 4.00 11 500 5874 -5.6 -18.1 37 12.5 -10.0 51 3 326.2 326.6 292.4 332.6 1.84 12 450 6692 -10.7 -24.6 31 13.9 -14.7 45 16 329.7 330.0 292.7 333.9 1.15 13 400 7587 -15.8 -34.1 19 18.3 -19.6 100 14 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.5 0.53 14 350 8583 -22.1 -48.1 8 26.0 -25.4 147 13 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 15 300 9693 -32.2 -47.7 20 15.5 -33.7 188 11 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.17 16 250 10954 -41.8 -55.5 21 13.7 -42.5 182 19 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.08 17 200 12421 -54.5 -57.8 67 3.2 -54.6 196 23 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.08 18 150 14204 -67.4 -71.3 58 3.9 -67.5 220 24 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16562 -77.5 -83.9 35 6.4 -77.5 293 16 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.33 m Freezing level: 571.53 mb = 4819.30 m = 15811.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.36 mb = 4403.21 m = 14446.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.24 % Est. max temperature: 36.56 C = 97.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.19 mb = 2097.96 m = 6883.00 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.79 mb = 2812.09 m = 9225.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.65 C = 99.76 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.68 mb = 2565.06 m = 8415.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.68 mb = 3199.08 m = 10495.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.68 mb = 7276.34 m = 23872.22 ft B at Equ Level: 56.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.68 mb = 10507.11 m = 34471.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.3 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 117.3 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.99 Bulk Shear: 4.15 m/s