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: 31.03,-70.81 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -70.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 2 27.2 24.9 87 2.3 25.6 105 15 298.9 302.6 298.1 357.1 19.90 1 1000 149 25.8 23.5 87 2.3 24.2 106 19 299.0 302.3 297.3 353.1 18.53 2 950 600 22.6 19.7 84 2.9 20.6 117 24 300.1 302.9 295.6 345.1 15.39 3 900 1069 20.0 15.2 73 4.9 16.8 120 22 302.1 304.4 293.8 338.0 12.12 4 850 1561 18.3 8.0 51 10.3 12.0 124 20 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.3 7.95 5 800 2078 15.7 2.7 42 13.0 8.5 127 18 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.8 5.82 6 750 2623 12.5 1.5 47 11.0 6.4 127 17 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.7 5.67 7 700 3198 9.3 -2.9 42 12.2 3.1 128 16 312.7 313.6 290.7 326.7 4.41 8 650 3809 6.1 -6.9 39 13.0 0.0 129 16 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.2 3.51 9 600 4460 2.7 -10.6 37 13.3 -3.0 130 16 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.7 2.85 10 550 5160 -0.7 -15.9 31 15.1 -6.5 137 16 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.1 2.02 11 500 5915 -4.5 -20.4 28 15.9 -9.9 140 15 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.8 1.51 12 450 6737 -9.4 -27.9 21 18.5 -14.4 144 15 331.5 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.86 13 400 7636 -15.6 -34.5 18 18.9 -19.6 148 14 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.6 0.51 14 350 8630 -21.5 -33.5 33 12.1 -23.9 129 6 339.8 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.65 15 300 9751 -28.9 -40.9 30 12.0 -30.6 134 9 344.7 344.7 295.8 346.1 0.36 16 250 11026 -39.9 -47.6 44 7.7 -40.5 223 2 346.8 346.8 296.1 347.7 0.21 17 200 12509 -51.8 -57.1 53 5.3 -52.0 274 21 350.7 350.8 296.8 351.1 0.08 18 150 14309 -67.1 -69.2 74 2.1 -67.1 258 14 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16691 -76.1 -82.8 34 6.6 -76.2 211 2 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.31 m Freezing level: 560.70 mb = 5010.00 m = 16436.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.68 mb = 3812.89 m = 12509.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.97 mb = 290.76 m = 953.94 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 31.28 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1170.76 m = 3841.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 87.99 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 7.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 12.56 C K Index: 18.69 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.26 mb = 800.64 m = 2626.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.26 mb = 2586.38 m = 8485.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.26 mb = 9208.11 m = 30209.97 ft B at Equ Level: 236.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.26 mb = 13407.29 m = 43986.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 156.4 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 50.11 Bulk Shear: 4.71 m/s