MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 8.07,-95.87 Latitude: 8.07 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 26.3 22.8 81 3.4 23.8 250 11 298.4 301.6 296.5 349.6 17.57 1 1000 99 25.2 21.8 82 3.4 22.8 250 12 298.3 301.4 295.9 346.8 16.68 2 950 548 21.0 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 251 11 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.3 16.41 3 900 1016 19.2 17.2 88 2.0 17.8 275 10 301.3 303.8 294.8 342.0 13.85 4 850 1507 17.2 15.8 91 1.4 16.3 301 14 304.2 306.7 295.3 344.1 13.42 5 800 2024 15.0 13.2 89 1.8 13.8 311 13 307.2 309.4 295.1 343.4 12.03 6 750 2570 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.2 315 7 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.9 10.71 7 700 3147 9.3 6.5 83 2.8 7.6 72 2 312.7 314.4 294.2 339.6 8.68 8 650 3759 5.8 1.0 71 4.8 3.1 89 5 315.5 316.7 293.2 335.5 6.32 9 600 4410 2.1 -1.0 80 3.1 0.5 46 5 318.6 319.7 293.7 337.6 5.96 10 550 5109 -1.2 -4.2 80 3.0 -2.7 24 7 322.6 323.6 294.1 339.3 5.10 11 500 5865 -5.2 -8.3 79 3.1 -6.6 36 6 326.7 327.5 294.4 340.4 4.10 12 450 6686 -9.6 -14.5 67 5.0 -11.5 75 6 331.2 331.8 294.5 340.7 2.76 13 400 7586 -15.4 -17.8 81 2.5 -16.2 68 8 335.0 335.5 295.1 343.3 2.35 14 350 8582 -21.8 -22.7 92 0.9 -22.1 54 12 339.4 339.7 295.7 345.8 1.77 15 300 9700 -29.7 -30.0 98 0.2 -29.8 63 21 343.5 343.7 296.1 347.5 1.06 16 250 10972 -40.2 -40.9 93 0.7 -40.2 47 28 346.3 346.4 296.2 348.0 0.43 17 200 12449 -53.8 -53.9 99 0.1 -53.8 38 25 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.2 0.13 18 150 14234 -68.4 -70.5 74 2.1 -68.4 95 23 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 19 100 16570 -80.5 -84.0 56 3.5 -80.5 70 22 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.08 m Freezing level: 568.38 mb = 4852.32 m = 15919.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.42 mb = 4512.40 m = 14804.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.54 mb = 432.89 m = 1420.22 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.66 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 807.84 m = 2650.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.94 mb = 658.31 m = 2159.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.94 mb = 2994.05 m = 9822.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.94 mb = 8519.99 m = 27952.40 ft B at Equ Level: 132.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.94 mb = 12033.99 m = 39481.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.6 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 351.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.39 Bulk Shear: 17.99 m/s