MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1003 78 20.8 17.4 81 3.5 18.5 350 1 293.7 296.0 291.6 329.5 12.54 1 1000 104 20.8 16.7 77 4.2 18.1 325 1 294.0 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.01 2 950 546 20.0 13.9 68 6.1 16.1 176 9 297.5 299.4 291.2 328.2 10.59 3 900 1015 21.0 9.5 48 11.5 13.9 188 18 303.2 304.7 291.2 328.0 8.31 4 850 1507 18.4 7.3 48 11.1 11.7 295 4 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.3 7.56 5 800 2024 15.3 3.5 45 11.8 8.6 6 10 307.5 308.6 290.7 326.3 6.16 6 750 2567 10.8 1.5 52 9.4 5.8 357 11 308.3 309.4 290.5 325.8 5.68 7 700 3137 5.9 0.6 69 5.2 3.1 343 15 309.0 310.1 290.7 326.7 5.73 8 650 3739 1.0 -0.7 88 1.7 0.1 332 22 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.6 5.61 9 600 4381 -1.5 -3.5 86 2.1 -2.5 311 29 314.4 315.4 291.7 330.0 4.91 10 550 5069 -5.3 -8.4 79 3.1 -6.6 280 31 317.8 318.6 291.7 329.9 3.70 11 500 5812 -9.5 -12.2 81 2.7 -10.5 290 28 321.4 322.0 292.1 331.4 3.01 12 450 6619 -14.4 -17.0 80 2.6 -15.3 294 33 325.2 325.6 292.4 332.8 2.24 13 400 7503 -20.2 -23.6 74 3.4 -21.1 303 40 328.8 329.0 292.7 333.8 1.43 14 350 8478 -27.2 -35.6 45 8.4 -28.6 296 43 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.0 0.52 15 300 9566 -37.0 -45.3 42 8.3 -37.7 298 38 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.22 16 250 10797 -47.7 -48.5 91 0.9 -47.7 280 55 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.19 17 200 12234 -58.3 -62.2 61 3.9 -58.4 272 56 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 14019 -63.8 -75.6 18 11.8 -63.9 260 58 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16469 -66.3 -86.1 5 19.8 -66.4 263 33 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.23 m Freezing level: 629.23 mb = 4005.61 m = 13141.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.40 mb = 3771.19 m = 12372.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.38 mb = 515.74 m = 1692.03 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 2.48 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.50 mb = 2660.95 m = 8730.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.56 C = 96.00 F Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 16.80 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5907.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.21 mb = 1384.12 m = 4541.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: -54.0 tot: 50.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 61.08 m/s