MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 26.41,-85.77 Latitude: 26.41 Longitude: -85.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.7 22.0 71 5.8 23.6 301 7 299.7 302.8 296.3 348.4 16.63 1 1000 119 26.5 20.7 71 5.7 22.4 301 7 299.6 302.5 295.6 345.2 15.59 2 950 570 22.5 19.2 82 3.3 20.2 296 7 300.0 302.7 295.2 343.6 14.90 3 900 1040 20.0 14.6 71 5.4 16.4 266 6 302.1 304.3 293.4 336.6 11.67 4 850 1531 17.1 12.1 72 5.0 13.8 240 7 304.0 306.0 293.1 335.2 10.46 5 800 2046 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.4 232 9 306.2 308.0 293.1 335.1 9.61 6 750 2589 10.5 8.3 86 2.2 9.1 245 12 307.9 309.7 293.3 335.8 9.18 7 700 3161 7.4 3.6 77 3.9 5.2 267 15 310.7 312.1 292.4 332.7 7.10 8 650 3768 4.1 -6.1 47 10.2 -0.7 275 22 313.6 314.3 290.5 325.5 3.73 9 600 4414 -0.3 -12.8 38 12.5 -5.3 271 26 315.8 316.2 289.9 323.6 2.38 10 550 5104 -4.0 -25.1 18 21.1 -10.1 267 23 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.4 0.91 11 500 5851 -7.6 -24.5 24 16.9 -12.5 269 19 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.5 1.05 12 450 6664 -11.2 -25.8 29 14.6 -15.2 266 21 329.2 329.4 292.5 332.9 1.04 13 400 7559 -16.7 -33.6 22 16.9 -20.2 274 21 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.4 0.56 14 350 8547 -24.5 -44.4 14 19.8 -27.1 276 23 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 15 300 9649 -33.0 -45.3 28 12.3 -34.2 259 23 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.22 16 250 10908 -41.5 -57.9 15 16.4 -42.3 267 27 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.06 17 200 12384 -51.7 -66.1 16 14.4 -52.1 273 39 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 14201 -63.8 -77.2 15 13.4 -63.9 286 17 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16601 -71.9 -82.2 20 10.3 -71.9 276 9 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.26 m Freezing level: 603.42 mb = 4369.58 m = 14335.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.77 mb = 3695.74 m = 12124.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.51 mb = 731.46 m = 2399.76 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 13.37 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1475.68 m = 4841.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.08 mb = 1019.52 m = 3344.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.08 mb = 2183.14 m = 7162.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.08 mb = 10197.82 m = 33457.00 ft B at Equ Level: 427.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.08 mb = 13152.89 m = 43152.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 30.87 Bulk Shear: 13.88 m/s