MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 32.09,-70.23 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -70.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 0 26.1 23.3 85 2.7 24.1 277 15 298.9 302.2 297.1 352.2 18.28 1 1000 35 25.7 22.5 83 3.1 23.4 278 16 298.8 302.0 296.5 349.7 17.45 2 950 485 22.0 20.7 93 1.2 21.1 274 18 299.5 302.5 296.1 347.5 16.43 3 900 955 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.8 264 22 301.7 304.4 295.7 345.9 15.02 4 850 1446 17.2 16.1 93 1.1 16.5 261 26 304.2 306.7 295.5 344.9 13.67 5 800 1963 14.8 13.6 93 1.1 14.0 258 29 306.9 309.2 295.3 344.1 12.37 6 750 2509 12.1 10.8 92 1.3 11.3 256 31 309.7 311.8 295.0 343.0 10.93 7 700 3085 9.1 8.3 95 0.7 8.6 257 32 312.5 314.4 295.0 343.0 9.89 8 650 3698 6.5 6.1 97 0.4 6.2 263 29 316.3 318.0 295.5 344.9 9.12 9 600 4352 3.3 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 268 26 320.0 321.5 295.6 345.5 7.99 10 550 5054 -0.8 -1.2 97 0.4 -1.0 269 24 323.1 324.4 295.3 343.9 6.40 11 500 5812 -3.8 -5.8 86 2.0 -4.8 259 22 328.4 329.4 295.5 344.9 4.96 12 450 6638 -8.1 -11.6 76 3.4 -9.6 253 22 333.0 333.7 295.6 345.1 3.51 13 400 7545 -13.3 -16.3 78 3.0 -14.4 249 24 337.8 338.3 296.0 347.2 2.68 14 350 8549 -19.8 -23.6 72 3.7 -20.9 240 26 342.0 342.4 296.2 348.0 1.63 15 300 9677 -27.5 -41.3 26 13.8 -29.5 242 30 346.6 346.7 296.2 348.0 0.34 16 250 10960 -37.8 -48.6 31 10.8 -38.7 263 22 349.9 349.9 296.8 350.7 0.18 17 200 12455 -49.9 -51.9 79 2.0 -50.0 263 14 353.8 353.9 297.6 354.5 0.16 18 150 14279 -63.8 -64.0 98 0.2 -63.8 279 7 360.1 360.1 298.8 360.3 0.05 19 100 16651 -75.7 -82.1 36 6.5 -75.7 327 13 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.27 m Freezing level: 559.89 mb = 4915.53 m = 16126.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 562.27 mb = 4876.40 m = 15998.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.53 mb = 342.82 m = 1124.71 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 857.10 m = 2811.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.13 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.61 mb = 673.49 m = 2209.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.61 mb = 1500.64 m = 4923.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.61 mb = 6220.84 m = 20409.34 ft B at Equ Level: 108.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.61 mb = 9328.99 m = 30606.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.21 Bulk Shear: 13.23 m/s