MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 7.70,-56.61 Latitude: 7.70 Longitude: -56.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 28.2 22.9 73 5.3 24.4 74 16 300.4 303.6 297.1 352.3 17.69 1 1000 104 27.1 21.1 70 6.1 22.8 73 18 300.3 303.2 296.0 346.9 15.92 2 950 556 22.8 19.9 84 2.9 20.8 73 19 300.4 303.2 295.8 346.1 15.60 3 900 1025 21.7 7.8 41 13.9 13.3 85 20 303.9 305.2 290.6 326.1 7.41 4 850 1520 20.2 3.3 33 16.9 10.6 102 17 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.9 5.72 5 800 2039 16.1 10.4 69 5.7 12.5 122 13 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.6 9.97 6 750 2585 12.2 5.3 63 6.9 8.1 131 13 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.7 7.47 7 700 3159 8.7 -2.4 46 11.1 3.0 115 13 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.5 4.58 8 650 3768 5.3 -7.9 38 13.2 -0.7 98 13 315.0 315.6 290.4 325.4 3.24 9 600 4418 1.9 -14.0 30 15.9 -4.4 92 13 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.5 2.16 10 550 5115 -1.4 -26.2 13 24.8 -8.7 98 13 322.5 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.82 11 500 5868 -5.5 -23.5 23 18.0 -11.1 111 15 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.3 1.14 12 450 6686 -10.5 -27.0 24 16.5 -14.9 112 15 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.5 0.93 13 400 7582 -16.5 -33.5 21 17.0 -20.0 119 11 333.6 333.7 293.3 335.7 0.57 14 350 8570 -24.0 -28.9 64 4.9 -25.1 164 1 336.4 336.6 294.3 340.1 1.00 15 300 9676 -32.2 -32.8 94 0.6 -32.3 282 15 339.9 340.1 295.0 343.0 0.80 16 250 10934 -42.9 -43.4 94 0.5 -42.9 277 17 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.6 0.33 17 200 12399 -54.6 -57.3 72 2.7 -54.7 261 16 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.08 18 150 14177 -68.7 -71.4 68 2.7 -68.8 243 16 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16546 -75.2 -82.9 29 7.7 -75.2 135 9 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.96 m Freezing level: 570.96 mb = 4822.63 m = 15822.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.26 mb = 3652.17 m = 11982.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.53 % Est. max temperature: 34.36 C = 93.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.38 mb = 671.88 m = 2204.30 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 27.39 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.41 mb = 2045.49 m = 6710.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.20 C = 97.17 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 8.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 8.87 C K Index: 18.03 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.88 mb = 1133.00 m = 3717.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.88 mb = 3113.35 m = 10214.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.88 mb = 10828.32 m = 35525.54 ft B at Equ Level: 108.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.88 mb = 12918.56 m = 42383.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.7 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 129.7 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.99 Bulk Shear: 9.11 m/s