MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 18.72,-71.77 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -71.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 955 514 26.6 20.3 68 6.3 22.1 121 7 303.7 306.7 296.8 351.0 15.89 2 950 561 25.3 19.3 69 6.0 21.1 123 8 302.9 305.7 296.1 347.4 15.03 3 900 1033 21.7 16.7 73 5.0 18.2 130 10 303.8 306.3 295.2 343.7 13.41 4 850 1527 18.3 14.1 77 4.2 15.5 145 13 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.2 12.00 5 800 2045 15.6 10.7 73 4.9 12.5 159 16 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.7 10.18 6 750 2591 12.3 8.4 77 3.9 9.9 167 18 309.9 311.7 293.9 338.3 9.28 7 700 3167 9.1 6.2 82 3.0 7.3 175 18 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.9 8.50 8 650 3779 5.7 3.6 86 2.1 4.5 182 16 315.5 316.9 294.2 339.5 7.66 9 600 4430 1.8 0.8 93 1.0 1.3 185 15 318.2 319.6 294.3 339.9 6.79 10 550 5128 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.5 -2.3 186 13 321.7 322.9 294.4 340.6 5.80 11 500 5882 -5.7 -6.3 96 0.6 -6.0 184 12 326.1 327.1 294.8 342.1 4.80 12 450 6703 -9.4 -10.5 92 1.1 -9.9 202 8 331.4 332.1 295.4 344.4 3.82 13 400 7605 -14.7 -16.0 90 1.3 -15.2 213 5 335.9 336.5 295.6 345.6 2.75 14 350 8603 -21.3 -24.4 76 3.1 -22.1 238 2 340.1 340.4 295.7 345.7 1.52 15 300 9722 -29.2 -39.7 36 10.5 -30.7 330 4 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.41 16 250 10996 -39.9 -52.8 24 12.9 -40.7 341 8 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.11 17 200 12478 -52.5 -61.9 31 9.4 -52.8 309 11 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14269 -68.2 -69.8 80 1.6 -68.2 61 2 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 19 100 16615 -78.4 -81.3 62 2.9 -78.4 60 20 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.63 m Freezing level: 575.88 mb = 4766.89 m = 15639.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.22 mb = 4671.49 m = 15326.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.34 mb = 1313.01 m = 4307.72 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2170.22 m = 7120.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.12 mb = 1637.42 m = 5372.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.12 mb = 3356.47 m = 11011.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.12 mb = 6461.88 m = 21200.15 ft B at Equ Level: 84.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.12 mb = 8726.09 m = 28628.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.0 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 202.0 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 13.13 m/s