MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 1002 78 21.0 16.8 77 4.1 18.2 234 9 294.0 296.1 291.3 328.6 12.12 1 1000 94 21.1 16.4 74 4.7 17.9 233 11 294.2 296.3 291.1 327.9 11.78 2 950 538 20.6 13.1 62 7.5 15.8 208 16 298.1 299.9 290.9 327.2 10.01 3 900 1005 19.4 9.7 53 9.7 13.4 193 17 301.5 303.0 290.7 326.4 8.41 4 850 1495 17.1 7.1 52 10.0 11.2 210 7 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.6 7.47 5 800 2010 14.8 4.6 50 10.2 9.0 299 9 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.3 6.67 6 750 2553 10.9 3.1 59 7.8 6.5 290 13 308.4 309.6 291.1 328.0 6.38 7 700 3123 6.2 1.0 70 5.1 3.4 264 20 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.90 8 650 3726 1.4 -2.7 74 4.1 -0.6 251 22 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.6 4.82 9 600 4366 -2.2 -6.6 72 4.4 -4.2 263 26 313.6 314.3 290.6 326.0 3.89 10 550 5053 -6.3 -7.7 90 1.4 -6.9 278 31 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.89 11 500 5793 -10.2 -10.7 97 0.4 -10.4 290 34 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.7 3.40 12 450 6599 -14.7 -14.9 98 0.2 -14.7 302 45 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.9 2.68 13 400 7481 -20.5 -20.7 98 0.2 -20.6 301 46 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.7 1.83 14 350 8454 -28.0 -28.2 99 0.2 -28.0 289 44 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.9 1.07 15 300 9541 -37.0 -37.3 98 0.2 -37.1 284 49 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.1 0.52 16 250 10771 -48.5 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.6 291 65 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.6 0.19 17 200 12204 -57.3 -65.0 37 7.7 -57.5 271 62 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14005 -63.0 -76.7 14 13.7 -63.1 268 47 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16450 -67.1 -85.8 5 18.7 -67.2 263 34 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.09 m Freezing level: 630.85 mb = 3971.09 m = 13028.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.73 mb = 3629.72 m = 11908.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.70 mb = 604.69 m = 1983.88 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.30 mb = 2738.85 m = 8985.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.69 C = 96.24 F Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lifted Index: 2.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5895.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.56 mb = 1448.81 m = 4753.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 294.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -51.4 tot: -29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 29.84 m/s