MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 18.92,-68.46 Latitude: 18.92 Longitude: -68.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 9 27.7 24.3 82 3.3 25.2 168 9 299.6 303.1 297.9 355.9 19.24 1 1000 136 26.7 23.2 81 3.5 24.1 163 11 299.8 303.2 297.3 353.0 18.14 2 950 588 23.4 20.7 85 2.7 21.5 156 14 300.9 303.9 296.4 349.1 16.40 3 900 1059 21.0 15.4 70 5.6 17.2 152 13 303.2 305.5 294.3 339.7 12.32 4 850 1553 19.0 10.8 59 8.2 13.8 148 10 306.0 307.8 293.0 335.0 9.62 5 800 2072 16.4 7.6 56 8.8 11.0 128 7 308.6 310.2 292.7 333.7 8.20 6 750 2618 13.2 5.5 60 7.7 8.6 96 6 310.9 312.3 292.9 334.2 7.57 7 700 3196 9.8 1.4 56 8.4 5.2 80 7 313.4 314.5 292.3 332.4 6.05 8 650 3807 6.3 -4.1 47 10.4 1.1 79 8 316.1 317.0 291.7 330.1 4.35 9 600 4459 2.6 -10.6 37 13.2 -3.1 68 7 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.5 2.85 10 550 5158 -1.1 -14.8 34 13.7 -6.4 60 6 322.8 323.2 291.8 330.3 2.20 11 500 5912 -5.6 -14.2 51 8.6 -8.9 65 6 326.3 326.8 293.0 335.0 2.56 12 450 6730 -10.9 -15.1 71 4.1 -12.5 62 5 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.6 2.63 13 400 7625 -16.5 -20.0 75 3.4 -17.6 90 8 333.5 333.9 294.4 340.4 1.96 14 350 8616 -23.3 -26.8 73 3.4 -24.2 58 16 337.3 337.5 294.7 341.8 1.22 15 300 9729 -29.5 -45.9 19 16.4 -31.4 51 16 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.21 16 250 11001 -40.2 -45.4 57 5.3 -40.6 60 13 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.4 0.26 17 200 12482 -52.5 -54.8 76 2.4 -52.5 71 23 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.2 0.11 18 150 14276 -67.6 -69.6 75 2.0 -67.7 62 34 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16626 -79.1 -82.0 62 2.9 -79.1 63 35 374.9 374.9 301.4 375.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.20 m Freezing level: 564.72 mb = 4952.23 m = 16247.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.57 mb = 3977.46 m = 13049.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.95 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.32 mb = 428.54 m = 1405.95 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 22.28 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1489.61 m = 4887.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.78 C = 92.81 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 16.38 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 661.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.61 mb = 880.76 m = 2889.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.61 mb = 2803.18 m = 9196.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.61 mb = 12045.04 m = 39517.36 ft B at Equ Level: 661.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.61 mb = 15886.10 m = 52119.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.2 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 141.2 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -176.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -13.0 tot: -13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 62.78 Bulk Shear: 10.54 m/s