MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1002 78 21.7 17.9 79 3.8 19.2 39 13 294.7 297.1 292.3 332.0 13.02 1 1000 93 21.3 17.3 78 4.0 18.7 38 16 294.5 296.7 291.8 330.4 12.56 2 950 535 19.1 14.7 75 4.4 16.3 30 22 296.6 298.6 291.4 328.8 11.14 3 900 1004 22.1 10.1 47 12.0 14.6 25 18 304.3 305.9 291.8 330.3 8.67 4 850 1500 20.9 4.3 34 16.6 11.3 355 11 308.0 309.2 290.8 326.8 6.13 5 800 2020 16.9 -2.3 27 19.2 7.0 333 0 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.7 4.02 6 750 2564 12.4 -5.5 28 17.9 3.8 192 8 310.0 310.7 288.9 320.7 3.38 7 700 3137 7.7 -5.4 39 13.1 1.5 256 8 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.6 3.67 8 650 3743 3.4 -8.7 41 12.1 -1.9 268 10 312.8 313.4 289.5 322.6 3.05 9 600 4387 -0.8 -11.4 45 10.5 -5.1 275 13 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.9 2.67 10 550 5077 -4.8 -12.9 53 8.1 -7.9 291 15 318.4 318.9 290.9 326.9 2.58 11 500 5821 -8.7 -14.7 62 5.9 -10.9 303 19 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.6 2.45 12 450 6629 -14.2 -18.3 71 4.1 -15.5 293 21 325.4 325.8 292.3 332.3 2.01 13 400 7512 -20.5 -22.4 85 1.9 -21.0 279 24 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.9 1.58 14 350 8485 -28.2 -28.4 98 0.2 -28.2 277 27 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.5 1.05 15 300 9571 -37.2 -39.9 76 2.7 -37.5 292 28 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.40 16 250 10803 -47.4 -55.1 41 7.7 -47.7 298 20 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12237 -59.3 -60.5 86 1.2 -59.3 269 32 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 14010 -65.4 -77.1 18 11.7 -65.5 269 47 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16459 -68.8 -85.9 7 17.1 -68.9 269 34 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.69 m Freezing level: 609.59 mb = 4263.59 m = 13988.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.16 mb = 3396.56 m = 11143.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.90 C = 94.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.60 mb = 557.31 m = 1828.42 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.56 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2812.51 m = 9227.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.48 C = 99.46 F Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lifted Index: 2.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 13.03 C K Index: 20.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4674.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.66 mb = 1301.48 m = 4269.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.9 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 342.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -44.5 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 57.84 m/s