MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 31.41,-85.66 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -85.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 99 19.8 18.7 94 1.1 19.1 89 3 292.7 295.2 292.2 331.5 13.66 1 1000 117 19.8 18.6 93 1.2 19.0 90 3 293.0 295.4 292.2 331.7 13.63 2 950 559 17.9 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 131 5 295.4 297.7 292.6 333.3 13.22 3 900 1022 17.3 13.9 80 3.4 15.1 219 9 299.4 301.4 292.3 332.0 11.18 4 850 1509 14.3 10.6 79 3.7 12.0 235 9 301.2 302.9 291.5 329.2 9.51 5 800 2019 11.5 8.9 84 2.6 9.9 243 8 303.4 305.0 291.7 330.1 8.97 6 750 2558 9.5 4.7 72 4.8 6.8 264 13 306.9 308.2 291.3 328.7 7.17 7 700 3128 6.9 -0.6 59 7.5 3.0 248 19 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.5 5.24 8 650 3735 4.3 -2.2 62 6.5 1.0 228 21 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.7 5.01 9 600 4382 0.4 -6.2 61 6.6 -2.7 221 23 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.5 4.02 10 550 5075 -3.6 -11.7 53 8.1 -6.9 226 26 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.3 2.84 11 500 5823 -7.5 -11.3 74 3.8 -9.1 225 28 323.9 324.5 293.0 334.7 3.22 12 450 6637 -11.6 -17.4 62 5.8 -13.6 228 31 328.7 329.1 293.3 336.2 2.17 13 400 7532 -16.8 -24.5 51 7.8 -18.9 236 33 333.2 333.5 293.8 337.9 1.31 14 350 8519 -24.5 -37.2 30 12.7 -26.5 226 40 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.45 15 300 9622 -32.9 -50.4 16 17.5 -34.3 227 43 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.13 16 250 10879 -42.4 -55.1 24 12.8 -43.0 223 60 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.09 17 200 12354 -52.0 -65.2 19 13.1 -52.4 225 57 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14169 -63.8 -76.1 17 12.3 -63.9 246 33 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16605 -71.0 -82.3 17 11.3 -71.1 241 6 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.47 m Freezing level: 594.97 mb = 4451.80 m = 14605.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.53 mb = 3904.15 m = 12808.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.67 mb = 232.31 m = 762.15 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 4.08 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1315.64 m = 4316.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 24.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5580.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.94 mb = 723.32 m = 2373.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -6.6 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 48.23 m/s