MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 77 23.1 16.9 68 6.1 18.9 48 16 295.9 298.1 292.0 331.0 12.18 1 1000 108 22.1 15.9 68 6.2 18.0 47 19 295.3 297.3 291.2 328.1 11.43 2 950 551 20.6 12.3 59 8.3 15.3 29 18 298.1 299.8 290.5 325.7 9.48 3 900 1018 20.1 9.3 50 10.8 13.5 13 15 302.2 303.8 290.7 326.6 8.19 4 850 1511 19.5 3.2 34 16.2 10.3 346 4 306.5 307.6 289.9 323.9 5.68 5 800 2029 16.1 -1.4 30 17.5 7.0 216 6 308.3 309.1 289.3 321.7 4.31 6 750 2572 11.4 -2.0 39 13.4 4.6 242 5 308.9 309.8 289.6 322.6 4.40 7 700 3143 6.9 -7.5 35 14.4 0.4 310 7 310.2 310.8 288.8 320.1 3.12 8 650 3748 3.4 -19.9 16 23.3 -4.4 317 14 312.8 313.1 287.7 316.9 1.22 9 600 4392 -0.2 -27.9 10 27.7 -7.8 324 17 315.9 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.64 10 550 5082 -3.7 -40.4 4 36.8 -11.1 324 15 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.5 0.20 11 500 5828 -8.4 -36.0 9 27.6 -14.2 321 20 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.35 12 450 6635 -14.6 -38.3 11 23.7 -18.8 310 24 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.31 13 400 7516 -20.9 -45.4 9 24.5 -24.1 299 26 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.16 14 350 8488 -27.5 -32.3 64 4.8 -28.3 296 28 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.4 0.73 15 300 9578 -36.5 -41.6 59 5.1 -37.0 292 30 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.33 16 250 10811 -47.7 -47.9 99 0.1 -47.7 285 32 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12242 -60.2 -60.5 96 0.3 -60.2 286 37 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.06 18 150 14013 -64.1 -78.0 13 13.9 -64.2 279 47 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16463 -68.9 -85.7 7 16.8 -69.0 272 30 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.32 m Freezing level: 602.67 mb = 4357.28 m = 14295.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.58 mb = 3194.87 m = 10481.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.11 mb = 855.13 m = 2805.52 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.72 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2946.85 m = 9668.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.92 C = 98.45 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.87 C Showalter Index: 5.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 11.61 C K Index: 16.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6200.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.53 mb = 1575.78 m = 5169.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.6 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 2.6 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -41.4 tot: -20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 39.65 m/s