MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 26.77,-78.97 Latitude: 26.77 Longitude: -78.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -11 SFC 999 0 26.5 24.8 90 1.7 25.3 342 31 299.8 303.5 298.5 358.8 20.12 2 950 440 22.3 21.8 97 0.4 22.0 347 38 299.8 303.0 296.9 351.3 17.62 3 900 910 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.0 349 38 301.3 304.1 295.9 346.6 15.42 4 850 1402 17.1 16.7 97 0.4 16.8 360 38 304.1 306.7 295.8 346.3 14.20 5 800 1919 15.2 14.9 98 0.4 15.0 10 35 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.8 13.41 6 750 2466 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 17 34 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.3 12.56 7 700 3046 10.8 10.6 98 0.3 10.6 24 34 314.4 316.7 296.7 350.2 11.52 8 650 3663 7.8 7.5 98 0.3 7.6 25 30 317.8 319.7 296.5 349.5 10.06 9 600 4321 4.7 3.9 95 0.8 4.2 23 23 321.6 323.2 296.4 348.8 8.50 10 550 5027 1.1 -0.2 91 1.3 0.4 16 22 325.4 326.8 296.2 348.0 6.89 11 500 5790 -2.6 -4.1 89 1.5 -3.4 3 16 329.9 331.0 296.4 348.7 5.65 12 450 6620 -7.1 -8.8 88 1.7 -7.9 10 9 334.3 335.2 296.5 349.3 4.39 13 400 7530 -12.5 -14.9 83 2.3 -13.5 60 6 338.7 339.3 296.5 349.4 3.02 14 350 8538 -18.8 -21.5 80 2.6 -19.7 68 3 343.4 343.8 296.8 350.6 1.97 15 300 9668 -26.4 -27.4 91 1.0 -26.6 350 4 348.2 348.5 297.4 353.3 1.35 16 250 10960 -36.1 -37.0 92 0.8 -36.2 358 4 352.3 352.5 297.7 354.9 0.64 17 200 12466 -49.3 -49.4 99 0.0 -49.3 60 2 354.7 354.7 297.8 355.6 0.21 18 150 14280 -66.0 -66.3 97 0.2 -66.1 98 6 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.5 0.03 19 100 16673 -73.2 -82.0 25 8.9 -73.2 127 19 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.85 m Freezing level: 534.71 mb = 5260.56 m = 17258.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 544.40 mb = 5109.09 m = 16761.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.53 mb = 216.30 m = 709.63 ft T: 24.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.02 mb = 522.99 m = 1715.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Cap Strength: -0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.49 mb = 537.12 m = 1762.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.49 mb = 583.45 m = 1914.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.49 mb = 8231.61 m = 27006.27 ft B at Equ Level: 132.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.49 mb = 11392.47 m = 37376.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.1 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 39.1 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 29.10 m/s