MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 23.57,-86.9 Latitude: 23.57 Longitude: -86.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 29.1 23.1 70 6.0 24.7 32 4 301.0 304.2 297.4 353.3 17.81 1 1000 130 27.7 22.5 73 5.3 23.9 33 4 300.9 304.1 297.1 351.9 17.36 2 950 583 23.4 21.4 88 2.0 22.0 41 3 301.0 304.1 296.9 351.4 17.13 3 900 1055 21.4 15.9 71 5.4 17.7 88 1 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.4 12.75 4 850 1549 19.2 11.3 60 7.9 14.1 257 2 306.2 308.1 293.3 336.1 9.92 5 800 2068 16.5 8.4 59 8.1 11.5 257 5 308.8 310.4 293.1 335.2 8.68 6 750 2615 13.8 5.3 56 8.5 8.8 257 8 311.5 313.0 292.9 334.6 7.45 7 700 3194 10.4 2.7 59 7.7 6.0 247 12 314.0 315.3 293.0 334.8 6.65 8 650 3807 5.7 1.2 73 4.4 3.2 246 14 315.4 316.6 293.3 335.7 6.45 9 600 4456 0.9 -2.1 81 3.0 -0.7 244 11 317.1 318.2 293.0 334.6 5.48 10 550 5151 -3.5 -6.7 78 3.2 -5.0 242 8 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.7 4.21 11 500 5899 -7.6 -11.8 72 4.2 -9.4 252 8 323.7 324.3 292.8 334.1 3.09 12 450 6711 -12.4 -20.0 53 7.6 -14.8 246 9 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.7 1.74 13 400 7601 -18.3 -26.3 50 8.0 -20.3 217 8 331.1 331.4 293.1 335.2 1.12 14 350 8586 -24.4 -41.3 19 16.9 -26.8 192 9 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.29 15 300 9689 -33.1 -42.4 39 9.3 -34.1 205 20 338.8 338.8 294.3 340.0 0.30 16 250 10945 -42.0 -52.8 30 10.8 -42.7 192 17 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.11 17 200 12420 -52.6 -61.8 32 9.2 -52.8 186 7 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14233 -63.4 -78.0 12 14.6 -63.6 105 6 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16634 -75.7 -81.7 39 6.0 -75.7 65 10 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.89 m Freezing level: 589.92 mb = 4596.29 m = 15079.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.70 mb = 4339.41 m = 14236.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.12 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.06 mb = 758.62 m = 2488.89 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1536.99 m = 5042.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.71 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 30.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1390.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.00 mb = 929.57 m = 3049.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.00 mb = 2981.17 m = 9780.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.00 mb = 12483.75 m = 40956.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.00 mb = 16178.06 m = 53076.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 92.07 Bulk Shear: 15.11 m/s