MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 17 24.7 23.2 91 1.6 23.6 232 5 296.9 300.1 296.3 348.7 17.92 1 1000 122 25.7 21.9 80 3.8 23.0 238 13 298.8 301.9 296.1 347.7 16.76 2 950 574 23.5 18.7 75 4.8 20.2 247 18 301.1 303.7 295.2 343.6 14.48 3 900 1045 20.2 16.2 78 4.0 17.5 253 18 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.94 4 850 1537 17.6 13.7 78 4.0 15.0 253 18 304.6 306.8 294.1 339.4 11.65 5 800 2054 15.1 11.2 77 3.9 12.6 251 19 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.1 10.52 6 750 2599 12.3 8.7 78 3.6 10.0 251 20 310.0 311.8 294.0 338.9 9.46 7 700 3176 9.0 5.6 79 3.4 7.0 251 20 312.4 314.0 293.8 337.8 8.19 8 650 3786 5.1 2.3 83 2.7 3.5 254 19 314.7 316.0 293.5 336.6 6.99 9 600 4435 0.3 -0.3 96 0.6 0.0 251 19 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.4 6.26 10 550 5129 -3.7 -4.4 95 0.7 -4.1 242 21 319.7 320.7 293.3 335.9 5.02 11 500 5877 -7.7 -8.5 93 0.9 -8.1 237 24 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.0 4.02 12 450 6691 -12.1 -12.7 95 0.6 -12.3 241 25 328.1 328.7 294.0 338.9 3.21 13 400 7583 -17.5 -17.6 100 0.1 -17.6 248 23 332.2 332.7 294.4 340.6 2.41 14 350 8571 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.6 254 17 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.8 1.62 15 300 9679 -31.7 -31.7 100 -0.0 -31.7 265 15 340.7 340.8 295.3 344.0 0.90 16 250 10940 -42.3 -42.3 100 -0.0 -42.3 268 18 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.7 0.37 17 200 12410 -53.9 -55.3 84 1.4 -53.9 244 28 347.5 347.5 296.2 347.9 0.11 18 150 14205 -65.0 -76.4 19 11.4 -65.1 285 29 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16611 -72.2 -82.2 21 10.0 -72.2 267 12 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.70 m Freezing level: 595.89 mb = 4492.07 m = 14737.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.76 mb = 4438.32 m = 14561.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.64 mb = 214.00 m = 702.09 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.78 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.37 mb = 1523.01 m = 4996.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.46 C = 90.43 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.80 mb = 998.34 m = 3275.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.80 mb = 3177.91 m = 10426.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.80 mb = 10945.44 m = 35909.80 ft B at Equ Level: 480.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.80 mb = 14212.93 m = 46629.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 105.09 Bulk Shear: 4.57 m/s