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: 31.06,-71.34 Latitude: 31.06 Longitude: -71.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 27.4 24.2 83 3.2 25.0 126 11 299.2 302.6 297.6 354.7 19.00 1 1000 143 26.1 22.3 80 3.7 23.4 127 14 299.2 302.3 296.5 349.5 17.24 2 950 594 22.4 19.6 84 2.8 20.4 134 14 299.9 302.7 295.4 344.6 15.29 3 900 1063 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.4 130 12 302.4 304.5 293.4 336.5 11.52 4 850 1556 18.2 9.6 57 8.6 12.9 133 10 305.3 306.9 292.2 331.9 8.87 5 800 2073 15.7 5.5 51 10.1 9.7 135 11 307.8 309.2 291.6 329.6 7.11 6 750 2618 12.7 2.4 49 10.3 6.9 133 12 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.2 6.07 7 700 3194 9.3 -1.1 48 10.4 3.8 130 13 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.06 8 650 3804 5.8 -6.0 42 11.8 0.2 128 12 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.6 3.76 9 600 4454 2.0 -11.4 36 13.4 -3.7 136 11 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.2 2.66 10 550 5151 -1.8 -19.0 25 17.2 -7.8 155 12 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.2 1.55 11 500 5903 -5.6 -27.3 16 21.6 -11.7 165 16 326.2 326.3 291.5 329.1 0.82 12 450 6722 -10.2 -32.0 15 21.7 -15.4 159 22 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.5 0.58 13 400 7618 -16.4 -35.9 17 19.5 -20.3 156 25 333.7 333.7 293.2 335.3 0.45 14 350 8606 -24.1 -36.4 31 12.4 -26.2 162 26 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.48 15 300 9712 -32.2 -44.0 30 11.8 -33.5 173 21 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.26 16 250 10974 -41.0 -52.6 28 11.6 -41.7 192 3 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.6 0.12 17 200 12451 -52.9 -58.9 48 6.0 -53.1 266 10 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.07 18 150 14246 -66.4 -71.6 48 5.2 -66.5 257 12 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16642 -73.7 -83.2 22 9.5 -73.7 226 9 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.17 m Freezing level: 573.90 mb = 4818.06 m = 15807.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.83 mb = 3831.29 m = 12569.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.27 mb = 408.28 m = 1339.50 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 27.51 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1524.05 m = 5000.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 23.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 393.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.93 mb = 882.60 m = 2895.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.93 mb = 3146.98 m = 10324.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.93 mb = 10865.72 m = 35648.24 ft B at Equ Level: 391.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.93 mb = 14084.60 m = 46208.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.4 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 168.4 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -5.6 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 514.73 Bulk Shear: 0.77 m/s