MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 20.58,-120.98 Latitude: 20.58 Longitude: -120.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 25.5 23.6 89 1.9 24.1 154 14 297.7 301.1 296.9 351.3 18.46 1 1000 91 25.0 22.9 88 2.1 23.5 156 18 298.1 301.4 296.6 349.9 17.83 2 950 540 21.7 20.2 91 1.5 20.6 173 26 299.2 302.1 295.6 345.6 15.88 3 900 1010 19.9 17.7 87 2.2 18.4 182 27 302.0 304.6 295.3 344.3 14.32 4 850 1503 17.9 16.1 90 1.7 16.7 180 25 304.9 307.4 295.7 345.7 13.69 5 800 2021 15.6 13.3 86 2.3 14.1 177 23 307.8 310.1 295.3 344.3 12.06 6 750 2568 13.1 9.6 79 3.5 10.9 174 24 310.8 312.7 294.7 341.7 10.07 7 700 3146 10.4 5.8 73 4.6 7.6 172 27 314.0 315.6 294.3 339.8 8.27 8 650 3761 6.9 3.2 77 3.7 4.8 175 27 316.8 318.2 294.4 340.3 7.45 9 600 4415 3.4 -0.3 76 3.8 1.4 173 23 320.1 321.3 294.4 340.2 6.24 10 550 5118 -0.0 -2.4 84 2.4 -1.3 163 18 324.1 325.2 295.1 343.1 5.82 11 500 5877 -4.1 -6.7 82 2.6 -5.4 164 13 328.0 328.9 295.1 343.5 4.64 12 450 6700 -8.8 -13.4 70 4.5 -10.7 170 13 332.1 332.7 295.0 342.6 3.03 13 400 7604 -14.3 -24.8 41 10.5 -17.3 125 6 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.0 1.28 14 350 8601 -22.3 -42.1 15 19.8 -25.2 23 16 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.27 15 300 9712 -31.5 -38.1 52 6.6 -32.4 58 6 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.8 0.48 16 250 10975 -41.3 -44.0 75 2.7 -41.5 217 16 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.9 0.31 17 200 12455 -52.3 -52.9 93 0.6 -52.4 261 18 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.5 0.14 18 150 14258 -65.6 -68.5 67 2.9 -65.7 284 25 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.2 0.03 19 100 16616 -79.2 -84.5 41 5.3 -79.1 75 8 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.86 m Freezing level: 550.24 mb = 5114.35 m = 16779.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.63 mb = 4763.99 m = 15629.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.82 mb = 233.98 m = 767.64 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1051.12 m = 3448.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.19 mb = 676.93 m = 2220.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.19 mb = 4013.71 m = 13168.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.19 mb = 6869.63 m = 22537.87 ft B at Equ Level: 24.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.19 mb = 13108.70 m = 43007.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.0 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 203.0 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -11.8 tot: 52.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 63.42 Bulk Shear: 2.33 m/s