MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 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 1003 78 20.9 17.9 83 3.0 18.9 32 12 293.8 296.2 291.9 330.9 12.98 1 1000 104 20.8 17.2 80 3.5 18.4 32 15 293.9 296.2 291.6 329.5 12.47 2 950 546 18.8 14.6 77 4.2 16.1 16 15 296.3 298.3 291.2 328.3 11.09 3 900 1015 23.7 8.7 38 15.0 14.4 2 8 305.9 307.4 291.6 329.7 7.87 4 850 1513 21.6 1.8 27 19.8 10.5 270 3 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.6 5.11 5 800 2033 16.9 -2.7 26 19.6 6.9 185 3 309.2 309.9 289.2 321.5 3.93 6 750 2578 12.2 -3.7 33 15.9 4.3 183 7 309.8 310.5 289.3 322.0 3.87 7 700 3150 7.4 -1.0 55 8.4 3.0 278 8 310.7 311.6 290.7 326.5 5.07 8 650 3756 2.4 -1.3 77 3.7 0.5 290 12 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.5 5.37 9 600 4397 -2.6 -3.8 92 1.2 -3.1 316 14 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.4 4.83 10 550 5084 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.8 300 20 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.41 11 500 5827 -9.6 -10.5 93 0.9 -10.0 300 22 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.7 3.44 12 450 6634 -14.5 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.2 305 21 325.0 325.4 292.6 333.1 2.39 13 400 7515 -20.9 -22.0 91 1.1 -21.2 300 29 327.9 328.2 292.7 333.6 1.64 14 350 8488 -28.2 -29.2 91 1.0 -28.4 292 31 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.3 0.98 15 300 9573 -37.5 -39.4 82 1.9 -37.7 297 31 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.2 0.42 16 250 10803 -47.7 -51.5 65 3.8 -47.9 297 27 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12236 -58.6 -61.8 66 3.2 -58.6 263 52 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14024 -64.2 -76.9 16 12.7 -64.3 262 42 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16473 -68.4 -85.6 7 17.1 -68.5 273 35 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.68 m Freezing level: 625.87 mb = 4065.19 m = 13337.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.59 mb = 3847.59 m = 12623.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.98 % Est. max temperature: 35.67 C = 96.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.32 mb = 461.86 m = 1515.28 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.83 mb = 2826.69 m = 9273.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.32 C = 99.17 F Cap Strength: 9.58 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.16 C Cross Totals Index: 11.36 C K Index: 24.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 49.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5121.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.17 mb = 1338.66 m = 4391.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 338.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.7 neg: -23.4 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 36.97 m/s