MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 22.01,-57.03 Latitude: 22.01 Longitude: -57.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 0 26.2 24.9 92 1.4 25.2 173 41 299.0 302.6 298.2 357.5 20.04 1 1000 45 25.3 23.8 91 1.5 24.2 176 47 298.4 301.9 297.3 353.3 18.83 2 950 495 21.5 21.2 99 0.2 21.3 183 57 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.4 16.96 3 900 964 19.3 18.6 96 0.7 18.8 190 56 301.4 304.2 295.7 346.1 15.16 4 850 1456 17.0 16.3 96 0.7 16.6 191 54 304.0 306.6 295.6 345.3 13.89 5 800 1972 14.7 14.0 95 0.7 14.3 193 53 306.9 309.2 295.5 345.0 12.68 6 750 2518 12.3 11.7 96 0.6 11.9 195 51 309.9 312.1 295.6 345.4 11.62 7 700 3095 9.6 9.3 98 0.3 9.4 199 49 313.1 315.1 295.7 345.8 10.56 8 650 3709 6.5 6.3 99 0.2 6.4 203 48 316.4 318.1 295.6 345.5 9.28 9 600 4363 3.3 3.1 98 0.2 3.2 206 50 320.0 321.6 295.6 345.5 8.00 10 550 5066 -0.1 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 209 51 323.9 325.2 295.7 345.9 6.75 11 500 5825 -3.6 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 208 54 328.6 329.8 296.1 347.6 5.72 12 450 6648 -9.6 -10.4 93 0.9 -9.9 208 49 331.2 332.0 295.4 344.3 3.85 13 400 7550 -14.5 -19.2 68 4.6 -16.1 227 38 336.1 336.6 295.2 343.6 2.10 14 350 8547 -22.1 -24.0 85 1.9 -22.6 240 40 338.9 339.3 295.4 344.7 1.57 15 300 9664 -28.8 -29.0 99 0.2 -28.8 206 28 344.8 345.0 296.4 349.2 1.17 16 250 10946 -38.0 -41.5 70 3.5 -38.4 162 25 349.5 349.6 296.9 351.2 0.40 17 200 12439 -51.5 -54.3 72 2.8 -51.6 190 24 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.7 0.12 18 150 14237 -67.5 -70.3 67 2.9 -67.5 191 5 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16602 -75.9 -80.7 47 4.7 -76.0 51 12 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.49 m Freezing level: 552.06 mb = 5036.79 m = 16524.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.72 mb = 4996.71 m = 16393.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.52 mb = 173.08 m = 567.85 ft T: 24.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.61 mb = 498.45 m = 1635.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.26 mb = 538.30 m = 1766.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.26 mb = 584.30 m = 1916.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.26 mb = 9896.47 m = 32468.35 ft B at Equ Level: 352.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.26 mb = 14628.91 m = 47994.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.8 at 51.8 knts Storm direction: 227.8 at 38.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 225.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 9.71 Bulk Shear: 36.31 m/s