MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 30.4,-65 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -65.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 27.7 24.7 84 3.0 25.5 129 23 299.5 303.1 298.1 357.0 19.63 1 1000 138 26.1 23.0 83 3.1 23.9 130 27 299.3 302.6 297.0 351.8 17.97 2 950 589 22.3 21.3 94 1.0 21.6 135 31 299.9 303.0 296.6 349.8 17.07 3 900 1059 20.0 17.0 83 3.0 17.9 146 32 302.1 304.7 294.9 342.5 13.68 4 850 1551 17.5 13.4 77 4.0 14.8 145 32 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.6 11.46 5 800 2068 15.0 10.2 73 4.8 12.0 140 32 307.2 309.0 293.6 336.9 9.83 6 750 2613 12.1 7.8 75 4.3 9.5 136 32 309.7 311.4 293.5 336.8 8.87 7 700 3189 9.0 4.9 76 4.1 6.6 139 31 312.5 313.9 293.5 336.7 7.81 8 650 3800 5.7 1.9 76 3.8 3.5 142 30 315.4 316.7 293.5 336.7 6.76 9 600 4451 2.2 -1.0 79 3.2 0.5 145 30 318.6 319.8 293.7 337.6 5.93 10 550 5150 -1.5 -4.0 82 2.6 -2.8 143 31 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.2 5.16 11 500 5905 -5.1 -8.6 76 3.6 -6.7 141 30 326.8 327.6 294.4 340.2 3.99 12 450 6727 -9.3 -15.1 63 5.8 -11.5 139 29 331.6 332.1 294.5 340.7 2.63 13 400 7629 -14.7 -22.2 53 7.5 -17.0 140 27 335.9 336.2 294.7 341.7 1.61 14 350 8626 -21.5 -29.3 49 7.8 -23.3 143 25 339.8 340.0 295.1 343.4 0.96 15 300 9744 -28.9 -40.3 32 11.4 -30.5 120 23 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.38 16 250 11024 -38.7 -50.9 26 12.2 -39.6 105 22 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.2 0.14 17 200 12512 -51.8 -55.5 65 3.6 -52.0 128 15 350.7 350.7 296.9 351.1 0.10 18 150 14318 -65.7 -65.9 97 0.2 -65.7 275 17 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.1 0.04 19 100 16671 -76.5 -82.1 41 5.6 -76.5 16 16 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.58 m Freezing level: 570.01 mb = 4870.53 m = 15979.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.56 mb = 4551.62 m = 14932.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.81 mb = 380.80 m = 1249.32 ft T: 24.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.31 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 889.45 m = 2918.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.87 mb = 710.39 m = 2330.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.87 mb = 1332.78 m = 4372.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.87 mb = 10698.38 m = 35099.26 ft B at Equ Level: 522.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.87 mb = 15065.47 m = 49426.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.9 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 170.9 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -16.7 tot: 43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 134.64 Bulk Shear: 3.88 m/s