MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.08,-71.44 Latitude: 31.08 Longitude: -71.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.3 25.0 87 2.3 25.6 79 19 299.2 302.9 298.2 357.8 20.03 1 1000 128 26.2 23.7 86 2.5 24.4 80 24 299.3 302.7 297.5 354.2 18.76 2 950 579 23.2 19.8 81 3.4 20.8 91 30 300.8 303.6 295.8 346.2 15.47 3 900 1050 21.5 14.1 63 7.4 16.6 97 27 303.6 305.7 293.6 337.3 11.31 4 850 1544 18.8 11.0 60 7.9 13.8 97 27 305.9 307.7 293.1 335.2 9.74 5 800 2063 15.6 9.1 65 6.5 11.6 98 27 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.4 9.10 6 750 2608 12.4 7.8 74 4.6 9.6 99 27 310.1 311.7 293.7 337.4 8.92 7 700 3184 9.3 6.0 80 3.2 7.3 103 27 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.9 8.43 8 650 3796 6.0 3.5 84 2.5 4.5 109 25 315.7 317.2 294.2 339.6 7.59 9 600 4449 2.5 -0.5 81 3.0 0.9 110 22 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.8 6.17 10 550 5148 -1.3 -5.0 76 3.7 -3.1 110 21 322.6 323.5 293.9 338.3 4.81 11 500 5904 -5.0 -10.0 68 5.0 -7.2 113 18 327.0 327.7 294.1 339.0 3.57 12 450 6725 -9.7 -14.9 66 5.2 -11.7 118 15 331.0 331.6 294.4 340.3 2.67 13 400 7626 -14.5 -22.2 52 7.7 -16.9 129 12 336.2 336.5 294.8 342.0 1.61 14 350 8629 -19.2 -34.6 24 15.4 -22.4 91 6 342.9 343.0 295.6 345.2 0.58 15 300 9755 -28.5 -40.9 29 12.4 -30.2 146 5 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.7 0.36 16 250 11031 -39.2 -44.7 56 5.5 -39.7 146 4 347.8 347.9 296.4 349.0 0.29 17 200 12520 -51.3 -58.8 40 7.5 -51.5 316 9 351.5 351.6 297.0 351.8 0.07 18 150 14327 -66.0 -70.2 56 4.2 -66.1 90 7 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16694 -75.9 -82.8 33 6.9 -75.9 0 8 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.11 m Freezing level: 566.83 mb = 4913.00 m = 16118.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.72 mb = 4601.50 m = 15096.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.48 mb = 292.08 m = 958.25 ft T: 25.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 22.66 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1552.21 m = 5092.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.02 C = 93.24 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 15.98 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 254.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.89 mb = 888.34 m = 2914.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.89 mb = 2475.02 m = 8120.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.89 mb = 7973.90 m = 26160.76 ft B at Equ Level: 253.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.89 mb = 12780.25 m = 41929.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.6 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 131.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 67.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 32.62 Bulk Shear: 7.79 m/s