MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 18.78,-69.25 Latitude: 18.78 Longitude: -69.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 26.0 23.9 88 2.1 24.5 117 5 299.0 302.4 297.5 354.2 18.90 1 1000 107 25.8 23.3 86 2.5 24.0 117 6 298.9 302.3 297.1 352.3 18.28 2 950 558 23.2 21.2 88 2.0 21.8 128 14 300.7 303.8 296.7 350.3 16.87 3 900 1029 20.7 16.9 79 3.9 18.1 140 14 302.9 305.4 295.0 343.0 13.56 4 850 1523 18.9 12.6 67 6.3 14.8 154 14 305.9 308.0 294.0 338.6 10.86 5 800 2042 16.4 8.0 57 8.4 11.3 159 14 308.7 310.3 292.9 334.5 8.46 6 750 2588 13.2 4.5 56 8.7 8.2 160 14 310.9 312.3 292.4 332.8 7.08 7 700 3165 9.5 2.7 62 6.8 5.6 161 12 313.0 314.3 292.7 333.7 6.64 8 650 3776 5.6 -0.2 67 5.7 2.5 158 11 315.2 316.4 292.7 333.7 5.82 9 600 4427 1.6 -3.3 70 4.9 -0.9 153 11 318.0 318.9 292.8 334.0 4.99 10 550 5124 -1.6 -7.9 62 6.3 -4.5 166 12 322.2 322.9 293.0 334.8 3.83 11 500 5878 -5.5 -9.1 76 3.6 -7.1 191 12 326.3 327.1 294.1 339.2 3.84 12 450 6698 -10.2 -12.2 85 2.0 -11.1 195 11 330.4 331.1 294.7 341.8 3.33 13 400 7597 -15.1 -17.9 79 2.8 -16.1 201 9 335.3 335.8 295.2 343.6 2.34 14 350 8595 -21.5 -26.3 65 4.9 -22.7 199 5 339.8 340.1 295.4 344.5 1.27 15 300 9713 -29.8 -36.2 53 6.5 -30.8 200 6 343.4 343.5 295.7 345.7 0.58 16 250 10983 -40.6 -43.9 70 3.3 -40.9 277 12 345.7 345.8 296.0 347.0 0.31 17 200 12462 -52.6 -59.4 44 6.8 -52.8 327 12 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.06 18 150 14253 -68.4 -68.8 94 0.4 -68.4 346 13 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 19 100 16604 -77.9 -81.7 54 3.9 -77.9 56 18 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.76 m Freezing level: 575.11 mb = 4774.01 m = 15662.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.50 mb = 4245.99 m = 13930.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.91 mb = 357.28 m = 1172.17 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 21.35 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1475.24 m = 4839.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.78 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.13 C K Index: 30.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.71 mb = 868.68 m = 2849.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.71 mb = 2794.91 m = 9169.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.71 mb = 12084.60 m = 39647.15 ft B at Equ Level: 539.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.71 mb = 15961.56 m = 52366.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.0 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 187.0 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 95.39 Bulk Shear: 5.68 m/s