MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 37.05,-60.70 Latitude: 37.05 Longitude: -60.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -327 SFC 964 -0 25.3 23.6 90 1.7 24.0 149 50 301.6 305.2 298.4 358.8 19.35 2 950 126 23.9 22.4 91 1.5 22.9 155 65 301.5 304.8 297.8 355.4 18.28 3 900 598 20.8 20.7 99 0.1 20.7 163 72 302.9 306.1 297.5 354.2 17.29 4 850 1092 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.4 167 72 305.5 308.5 297.3 352.9 15.83 5 800 1612 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.1 172 72 308.5 311.2 297.1 352.4 14.51 6 750 2160 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 177 67 312.0 314.6 297.4 353.6 13.54 7 700 2742 12.0 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 178 63 315.8 318.2 297.7 355.0 12.55 8 650 3362 9.2 9.0 99 0.2 9.1 178 58 319.4 321.6 297.7 354.8 11.19 9 600 4023 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 177 55 323.4 325.3 297.7 355.2 9.89 10 550 4733 2.8 2.6 98 0.3 2.7 179 49 327.5 329.1 297.7 355.1 8.42 11 500 5501 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 179 44 331.8 333.2 297.7 355.2 7.00 12 450 6336 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.3 -5.1 175 38 337.0 338.2 298.0 356.7 5.74 13 400 7256 -8.9 -11.5 81 2.6 -10.1 176 33 343.5 344.3 298.2 357.6 3.97 14 350 8281 -13.7 -19.9 59 6.2 -16.0 194 27 350.3 350.8 298.4 358.7 2.25 15 300 9435 -21.5 -29.3 49 7.8 -23.5 207 22 355.1 355.4 298.6 359.5 1.13 16 250 10750 -32.4 -42.6 36 10.2 -33.8 220 24 357.9 357.9 298.5 359.3 0.36 17 200 12278 -46.3 -52.4 50 6.1 -46.7 230 29 359.5 359.5 298.7 360.1 0.15 18 150 14118 -61.9 -65.1 66 3.2 -61.9 240 29 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.7 0.04 19 100 16554 -70.7 -82.7 15 12.0 -70.8 277 32 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.33 m Freezing level: 513.53 mb = 5292.97 m = 17365.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 515.13 mb = 5260.72 m = 17259.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.62 mb = 212.42 m = 696.90 ft T: 23.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 567.49 m = 1861.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.66 mb = 552.65 m = 1813.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.66 mb = 601.00 m = 1971.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.66 mb = 2508.65 m = 8230.37 ft B at Equ Level: 29.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.66 mb = 5997.04 m = 19675.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.2 at 59.2 knts Storm direction: 203.2 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.3 neg: -21.9 tot: 438.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 46.43 m/s