MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 22.3 18.5 79 3.8 19.7 186 18 295.3 297.7 292.8 334.0 13.49 1 1000 97 21.6 17.8 79 3.7 19.1 185 22 294.7 297.0 292.2 331.8 12.96 2 950 539 18.9 13.7 72 5.2 15.5 187 26 296.4 298.2 290.7 326.4 10.41 3 900 1001 16.2 11.6 74 4.6 13.3 183 21 298.2 300.0 290.6 326.1 9.56 4 850 1487 14.4 9.6 73 4.8 11.4 188 11 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.4 8.86 5 800 1997 12.1 8.3 78 3.8 9.7 257 8 304.0 305.6 291.6 329.7 8.59 6 750 2537 10.2 5.6 73 4.6 7.5 301 15 307.7 309.1 292.0 331.0 7.64 7 700 3108 6.2 3.2 81 3.1 4.5 302 16 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.5 6.88 8 650 3712 2.2 -0.3 84 2.5 1.0 285 24 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.5 5.79 9 600 4355 -1.5 -6.3 70 4.8 -3.7 275 47 314.4 315.2 290.9 327.1 3.98 10 550 5042 -6.4 -12.0 64 5.6 -8.5 271 51 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.6 2.78 11 500 5781 -10.4 -19.0 49 8.6 -13.1 270 46 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.71 12 450 6584 -15.8 -18.8 78 3.0 -16.7 282 44 323.4 323.7 291.7 329.9 1.92 13 400 7462 -21.8 -22.1 97 0.3 -21.9 295 47 326.6 327.0 292.3 332.3 1.63 14 350 8430 -29.4 -34.1 64 4.7 -30.1 292 56 329.1 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.61 15 300 9510 -38.2 -40.6 78 2.4 -38.5 291 67 331.5 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.37 16 250 10739 -46.9 -51.3 61 4.3 -47.1 292 81 336.3 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.14 17 200 12194 -54.7 -73.0 9 18.3 -54.9 288 68 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 14004 -62.2 -77.5 11 15.3 -62.3 283 64 362.9 363.0 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16462 -68.7 -85.4 7 16.7 -68.8 274 38 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.71 m Freezing level: 619.90 mb = 4098.93 m = 13447.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.66 mb = 3840.65 m = 12600.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.21 mb = 564.00 m = 1850.37 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.94 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2199.94 m = 7217.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5371.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.52 mb = 1110.47 m = 3643.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -104.8 tot: -53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 145.05 m/s