MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 18.45,-67.91 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -67.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 28.5 24.2 78 4.3 25.3 134 9 300.3 303.8 298.0 356.2 19.02 1 1000 134 27.1 23.0 78 4.1 24.1 136 10 300.2 303.5 297.3 352.8 17.93 2 950 586 22.9 21.8 93 1.2 22.1 139 10 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.9 17.53 3 900 1057 20.6 16.5 77 4.1 17.8 135 10 302.7 305.2 294.8 341.9 13.24 4 850 1550 18.9 9.5 54 9.4 13.0 125 9 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.5 8.82 5 800 2069 16.2 7.8 57 8.4 11.1 112 8 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.9 8.34 6 750 2615 13.0 6.1 63 6.9 8.9 100 9 310.7 312.2 293.0 335.0 7.88 7 700 3192 9.5 3.5 66 6.0 6.1 89 9 313.0 314.3 293.0 335.0 7.05 8 650 3804 5.8 1.2 72 4.6 3.3 82 8 315.6 316.8 293.3 336.0 6.46 9 600 4455 2.2 -1.6 76 3.8 0.2 66 8 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.67 10 550 5154 -1.7 -5.9 73 4.2 -3.7 53 7 322.0 322.9 293.5 336.7 4.48 11 500 5907 -6.1 -9.3 78 3.2 -7.5 51 8 325.7 326.4 293.9 338.3 3.79 12 450 6725 -10.8 -12.8 85 2.1 -11.6 57 7 329.7 330.3 294.4 340.5 3.17 13 400 7622 -16.0 -18.7 79 2.7 -16.9 60 8 334.2 334.6 294.8 341.9 2.18 14 350 8615 -22.5 -24.0 88 1.5 -22.9 49 24 338.4 338.7 295.3 344.1 1.57 15 300 9729 -30.3 -34.9 64 4.6 -31.0 59 27 342.7 342.9 295.6 345.3 0.66 16 250 10999 -40.5 -50.8 33 10.2 -41.2 45 30 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.4 0.14 17 200 12477 -53.0 -61.9 33 8.9 -53.2 36 33 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14267 -67.6 -68.3 91 0.7 -67.6 52 48 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.8 0.03 19 100 16614 -79.7 -80.9 83 1.1 -79.7 58 35 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.72 m Freezing level: 572.16 mb = 4844.23 m = 15892.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.51 mb = 4488.74 m = 14726.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.24 mb = 546.91 m = 1794.30 ft T: 23.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 23.64 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1049.52 m = 3443.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 15.59 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.01 mb = 790.15 m = 2592.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.01 mb = 2359.41 m = 7740.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.01 mb = 13379.28 m = 43894.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1030.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.2 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 127.2 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -4.8 tot: -4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 185.93 Bulk Shear: 5.57 m/s