MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 1003 78 21.4 16.6 74 4.8 18.2 220 7 294.3 296.5 291.3 328.5 11.94 1 1000 102 21.7 15.6 68 6.1 17.7 217 10 294.8 296.9 290.9 327.0 11.21 2 950 546 20.1 13.5 66 6.6 15.8 204 18 297.6 299.4 291.0 327.5 10.29 3 900 1012 18.2 10.4 60 7.9 13.4 193 16 300.3 301.9 290.6 326.3 8.81 4 850 1500 15.7 7.7 59 8.0 10.9 213 10 302.6 304.0 290.5 325.7 7.76 5 800 2012 12.6 6.2 65 6.4 8.9 282 13 304.6 306.0 290.9 327.0 7.44 6 750 2551 9.5 4.0 68 5.6 6.4 288 19 306.9 308.2 291.0 327.7 6.80 7 700 3120 5.8 0.5 69 5.3 3.0 285 19 308.9 309.9 290.7 326.4 5.67 8 650 3722 1.1 -1.8 81 2.9 -0.3 270 25 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.3 5.18 9 600 4362 -2.6 -4.9 84 2.3 -3.7 267 33 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.1 4.43 10 550 5048 -6.7 -7.9 91 1.2 -7.2 270 34 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.85 11 500 5787 -10.8 -11.2 97 0.4 -10.9 276 30 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.6 3.25 12 450 6590 -15.5 -16.6 91 1.1 -15.9 273 44 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.6 2.31 13 400 7469 -21.0 -29.4 47 8.3 -22.8 293 52 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.7 0.84 14 350 8442 -28.0 -39.1 34 11.1 -29.5 297 58 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.4 0.37 15 300 9529 -36.4 -50.7 22 14.3 -37.4 291 56 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.12 16 250 10763 -47.6 -56.3 36 8.8 -47.9 289 54 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12203 -56.5 -66.4 28 9.9 -56.7 278 67 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13996 -62.9 -77.0 13 14.2 -63.0 265 49 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16453 -68.6 -84.9 8 16.3 -68.7 280 32 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.48 m Freezing level: 635.09 mb = 3912.86 m = 12837.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.01 mb = 3659.66 m = 12006.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.26 mb = 690.07 m = 2264.00 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2481.55 m = 8141.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.73 C = 92.72 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6112.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.90 mb = 1380.88 m = 4530.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -31.2 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 46.86 m/s