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: 23.85,-90.75 Latitude: 23.85 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 27.7 22.8 75 4.9 24.2 196 2 299.9 303.2 296.9 351.3 17.55 1 1000 94 27.2 22.1 74 5.1 23.5 190 3 300.3 303.4 296.6 350.0 16.94 2 950 547 23.9 19.1 75 4.8 20.5 205 3 301.4 304.1 295.5 344.9 14.77 3 900 1018 20.5 16.1 76 4.4 17.5 217 5 302.6 305.0 294.6 340.9 12.93 4 850 1511 17.7 13.9 79 3.8 15.2 223 8 304.7 306.9 294.3 340.1 11.86 5 800 2028 15.0 11.8 81 3.1 13.0 225 13 307.1 309.2 294.4 340.2 10.97 6 750 2572 11.8 9.5 86 2.2 10.3 228 15 309.3 311.2 294.3 339.9 10.02 7 700 3148 8.4 6.6 89 1.8 7.3 237 17 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.8 8.77 8 650 3757 4.7 3.8 94 0.9 4.1 241 17 314.2 315.7 293.9 338.4 7.74 9 600 4407 1.2 0.7 96 0.6 0.9 248 16 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.8 6.71 10 550 5104 -1.5 -4.4 80 2.9 -2.9 275 14 322.4 323.4 294.0 338.8 5.03 11 500 5860 -4.7 -12.0 57 7.3 -7.8 290 15 327.3 327.9 293.7 337.6 3.05 12 450 6682 -9.2 -20.0 41 10.8 -12.8 282 14 331.7 332.0 293.8 337.8 1.74 13 400 7583 -14.9 -24.1 45 9.3 -17.6 283 16 335.6 335.9 294.4 340.5 1.36 14 350 8579 -21.9 -30.1 48 8.2 -23.7 296 19 339.2 339.4 294.9 342.6 0.90 15 300 9694 -30.7 -37.6 51 6.9 -31.7 305 24 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.1 0.50 16 250 10961 -40.7 -45.8 58 5.1 -41.2 284 30 345.5 345.6 295.8 346.5 0.25 17 200 12439 -53.2 -57.9 56 4.7 -53.3 278 29 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.08 18 150 14229 -66.6 -72.7 42 6.1 -66.7 312 24 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16600 -77.9 -81.4 56 3.6 -77.9 350 7 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.37 m Freezing level: 577.14 mb = 4725.54 m = 15503.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.20 mb = 4565.83 m = 14979.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.49 mb = 625.32 m = 2051.54 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.54 mb = 1484.84 m = 4871.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.19 mb = 1064.26 m = 3491.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.19 mb = 2348.24 m = 7704.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.19 mb = 10168.50 m = 33360.81 ft B at Equ Level: 189.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.19 mb = 13087.87 m = 42938.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.24 Bulk Shear: 15.51 m/s