MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 24.28,-75.00 Latitude: 24.28 Longitude: -75.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 0 27.1 25.5 91 1.6 25.9 128 33 300.0 303.8 299.0 361.3 20.89 1 1000 31 26.4 24.5 89 1.9 25.0 129 37 299.5 303.1 298.1 357.1 19.66 2 950 482 22.5 22.1 98 0.4 22.2 133 43 300.0 303.3 297.2 352.5 17.91 3 900 952 20.0 19.9 100 0.1 19.9 137 44 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.8 16.49 4 850 1445 17.4 17.4 99 0.1 17.4 142 41 304.4 307.2 296.3 348.6 14.83 5 800 1962 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 147 38 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.0 13.26 6 750 2506 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.2 152 35 310.1 312.3 295.8 346.3 11.87 7 700 3083 9.7 9.2 96 0.6 9.4 154 31 313.3 315.3 295.7 345.8 10.50 8 650 3696 6.8 6.7 99 0.2 6.7 154 28 316.7 318.5 295.8 346.5 9.50 9 600 4351 4.1 3.8 98 0.3 3.9 149 26 320.9 322.5 296.1 347.8 8.44 10 550 5055 1.3 0.2 93 1.1 0.7 148 25 325.6 327.0 296.4 348.8 7.09 11 500 5817 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.0 -3.0 155 24 330.7 331.8 296.6 349.9 5.74 12 450 6646 -6.3 -8.4 84 2.2 -7.3 167 24 335.4 336.3 296.8 350.8 4.50 13 400 7557 -11.6 -13.9 83 2.3 -12.5 172 23 339.9 340.6 297.0 351.5 3.28 14 350 8565 -18.5 -20.3 86 1.7 -19.1 174 23 343.8 344.2 297.0 351.8 2.19 15 300 9691 -28.2 -29.1 92 0.9 -28.4 188 20 345.6 345.9 296.6 349.9 1.14 16 250 10971 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 176 10 349.9 350.0 297.1 352.2 0.59 17 200 12467 -50.8 -50.8 100 0.0 -50.8 180 12 352.4 352.4 297.3 353.1 0.18 18 150 14270 -67.3 -67.5 97 0.3 -67.2 228 9 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.03 19 100 16612 -76.3 -81.3 44 5.1 -76.3 110 17 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.80 m Freezing level: 530.01 mb = 5359.37 m = 17583.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 540.86 mb = 5188.75 m = 17023.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.70 mb = 202.45 m = 664.21 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.28 C/km ThetaE index: 15.57 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.36 mb = 543.27 m = 1782.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 407.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.12 mb = 545.48 m = 1789.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.12 mb = 591.69 m = 1941.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.12 mb = 6853.11 m = 22483.68 ft B at Equ Level: 246.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.12 mb = 15649.74 m = 51343.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.0 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 176.0 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 106.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 21.86 Bulk Shear: 18.62 m/s