MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 27.97,-75.32 Latitude: 27.97 Longitude: -75.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 26.3 22.8 81 3.5 23.8 76 26 298.4 301.5 296.4 349.2 17.47 1 1000 112 25.0 21.2 79 3.8 22.3 77 30 298.1 301.1 295.4 344.7 16.03 2 950 561 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 77 30 298.4 301.2 295.3 344.3 15.78 3 900 1028 18.5 17.0 91 1.4 17.5 81 30 300.5 303.0 294.5 340.7 13.68 4 850 1517 16.4 14.2 87 2.2 14.9 81 28 303.3 305.5 294.1 339.0 12.03 5 800 2032 13.6 11.7 89 1.8 12.4 77 26 305.6 307.7 293.9 338.3 10.89 6 750 2574 10.5 9.3 92 1.3 9.7 74 24 308.0 309.8 293.8 337.8 9.83 7 700 3147 7.7 6.6 93 1.1 7.0 71 18 311.0 312.6 293.8 337.9 8.77 8 650 3756 4.6 3.8 95 0.8 4.2 66 13 314.2 315.7 293.9 338.5 7.77 9 600 4406 1.1 0.9 99 0.2 1.0 46 8 317.4 318.7 294.1 339.0 6.82 10 550 5102 -2.9 -3.0 99 0.2 -3.0 36 5 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.57 11 500 5851 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 298 5 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.9 4.16 12 450 6665 -12.0 -12.6 96 0.6 -12.2 267 5 328.2 328.8 294.1 339.1 3.24 13 400 7558 -17.1 -18.7 87 1.6 -17.6 243 6 332.8 333.2 294.4 340.4 2.18 14 350 8547 -24.0 -26.4 80 2.4 -24.6 263 10 336.4 336.6 294.6 341.0 1.26 15 300 9652 -32.8 -33.1 97 0.3 -32.9 247 15 339.1 339.3 294.8 342.1 0.79 16 250 10907 -43.1 -43.6 95 0.5 -43.2 241 18 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.32 17 200 12369 -55.5 -56.9 85 1.3 -55.6 241 15 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.09 18 150 14149 -66.8 -76.0 26 9.2 -66.9 252 21 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16545 -73.7 -82.1 27 8.4 -73.8 342 10 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.38 m Freezing level: 586.21 mb = 4597.52 m = 15083.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.81 mb = 4569.81 m = 14992.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.60 mb = 445.40 m = 1461.26 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.29 mb = 825.68 m = 2708.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.96 mb = 698.49 m = 2291.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.96 mb = 1618.39 m = 5309.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.96 mb = 11746.05 m = 38536.45 ft B at Equ Level: 497.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.96 mb = 14558.46 m = 47763.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.9 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 101.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -30.0 tot: -12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 26.61 Bulk Shear: 18.76 m/s