MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 78 21.2 17.8 81 3.5 18.9 30 11 294.1 296.4 291.9 330.7 12.85 1 1000 111 21.0 17.0 78 4.0 18.4 30 15 294.1 296.4 291.5 329.3 12.31 2 950 553 19.4 14.1 72 5.3 16.0 9 14 296.8 298.8 291.1 327.8 10.70 3 900 1022 22.6 8.7 41 13.9 14.1 18 15 304.8 306.2 291.3 328.5 7.87 4 850 1518 20.9 2.8 30 18.1 10.7 13 6 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.0 5.52 5 800 2037 16.5 0.7 34 15.8 8.0 321 9 308.8 309.7 290.1 324.4 5.05 6 750 2582 11.6 0.3 46 11.3 5.6 303 12 309.2 310.1 290.3 325.3 5.22 7 700 3153 6.3 -0.5 62 6.8 2.8 299 15 309.5 310.5 290.5 325.9 5.28 8 650 3755 0.6 -1.0 89 1.6 -0.3 287 12 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.5 5.46 9 600 4394 -3.4 -3.6 98 0.3 -3.5 287 11 312.2 313.1 291.0 327.6 4.87 10 550 5078 -6.2 -6.8 96 0.5 -6.5 312 23 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.19 11 500 5821 -9.5 -10.2 95 0.7 -9.8 297 30 321.5 322.1 292.6 333.1 3.53 12 450 6628 -14.4 -14.8 97 0.4 -14.6 296 30 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.2 2.69 13 400 7511 -20.1 -20.2 100 0.0 -20.1 300 36 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.5 1.92 14 350 8486 -27.8 -27.9 99 0.1 -27.8 302 38 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.3 1.10 15 300 9573 -36.8 -37.1 97 0.3 -36.8 304 34 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.53 16 250 10806 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 302 37 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12238 -58.0 -64.6 43 6.6 -58.1 276 54 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 14024 -63.6 -77.1 14 13.5 -63.7 258 52 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16479 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.3 -68.1 273 31 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.14 m Freezing level: 642.87 mb = 3846.20 m = 12618.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.48 mb = 3699.36 m = 12136.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.96 C = 94.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.04 mb = 516.33 m = 1693.96 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.04 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.18 mb = 2758.28 m = 9049.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.45 C = 97.61 F Cap Strength: 9.09 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 12.32 C K Index: 26.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 535.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.45 mb = 1381.55 m = 4532.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.45 mb = 3898.21 m = 12789.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 588.45 mb = 4546.58 m = 14916.44 ft B at Equ Level: 41.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 508.45 mb = 5690.27 m = 18668.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.3 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 344.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -11.5 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 33.87 m/s