MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 25.6,-65.24 Latitude: 25.60 Longitude: -65.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 28.5 24.6 80 3.9 25.6 179 17 300.2 303.8 298.2 357.5 19.51 1 1000 147 27.0 23.0 79 4.0 24.0 179 20 300.1 303.4 297.2 352.7 17.95 2 950 599 22.8 21.8 94 1.0 22.1 179 20 300.3 303.5 297.0 351.8 17.56 3 900 1070 20.4 17.7 84 2.8 18.5 186 21 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.7 14.26 4 850 1563 18.2 12.2 68 6.1 14.3 190 20 305.3 307.2 293.6 336.9 10.56 5 800 2081 15.5 7.9 60 7.6 10.8 192 20 307.7 309.2 292.6 333.1 8.37 6 750 2625 12.3 5.8 64 6.5 8.5 195 20 310.0 311.4 292.7 333.8 7.75 7 700 3201 9.0 4.0 71 5.0 6.1 199 20 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.1 7.31 8 650 3812 5.3 2.2 80 3.2 3.5 199 20 315.0 316.3 293.5 336.7 6.90 9 600 4462 1.6 -0.5 86 2.1 0.4 190 20 317.9 319.1 293.7 337.5 6.15 10 550 5160 -2.0 -3.5 90 1.5 -2.7 184 20 321.7 322.8 294.1 339.2 5.39 11 500 5913 -5.9 -7.1 91 1.2 -6.5 188 18 325.8 326.7 294.5 340.7 4.48 12 450 6732 -10.4 -11.6 91 1.1 -10.9 201 17 330.1 330.8 294.8 342.1 3.51 13 400 7631 -15.3 -15.7 96 0.4 -15.4 237 17 335.1 335.7 295.5 345.0 2.81 14 350 8628 -21.4 -21.6 98 0.2 -21.5 254 16 339.9 340.3 296.0 346.9 1.94 15 300 9747 -29.3 -29.5 98 0.2 -29.3 261 14 344.1 344.4 296.3 348.3 1.11 16 250 11022 -39.5 -39.6 100 0.0 -39.5 296 9 347.3 347.4 296.5 349.2 0.49 17 200 12505 -52.7 -52.8 99 0.1 -52.7 320 11 349.3 349.4 296.6 349.9 0.14 18 150 14292 -68.7 -69.0 96 0.3 -68.7 337 24 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 19 100 16658 -76.2 -80.9 48 4.7 -76.2 41 15 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.87 m Freezing level: 578.03 mb = 4768.65 m = 15644.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.21 mb = 4553.54 m = 14939.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.71 mb = 491.28 m = 1611.78 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 24.44 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 940.61 m = 3085.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: 2.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.11 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.06 mb = 755.97 m = 2480.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.06 mb = 1683.88 m = 5524.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.06 mb = 14368.18 m = 47139.12 ft B at Equ Level: 997.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.8 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 219.8 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 553.00 Bulk Shear: 1.84 m/s