MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -137 SFC 984 1 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 219 20 296.6 299.4 294.8 341.9 15.72 2 950 309 19.6 19.3 98 0.3 19.4 229 27 297.1 299.8 294.4 340.6 15.04 3 900 775 18.2 17.7 97 0.5 17.9 239 27 300.3 302.9 294.8 342.3 14.34 4 850 1266 17.2 15.5 89 1.7 16.1 238 29 304.2 306.6 295.1 343.3 13.14 5 800 1784 15.8 12.9 83 2.8 13.9 238 34 308.0 310.2 295.2 343.7 11.81 6 750 2331 14.1 10.1 77 4.0 11.5 242 38 311.8 313.8 295.2 343.8 10.39 7 700 2913 11.9 6.5 69 5.5 8.6 250 41 315.7 317.4 295.0 342.9 8.68 8 650 3531 8.9 2.7 65 6.2 5.3 254 42 319.1 320.5 294.8 342.0 7.18 9 600 4191 6.5 -4.8 44 11.3 0.7 263 51 323.6 324.5 293.9 338.4 4.47 10 550 4900 2.5 -9.1 42 11.6 -2.9 257 59 327.1 327.8 294.0 338.9 3.50 11 500 5664 -2.4 -12.9 44 10.5 -6.8 253 58 330.1 330.7 294.3 339.9 2.83 12 450 6491 -7.9 -24.6 25 16.7 -13.0 252 59 333.3 333.5 293.7 337.5 1.16 13 400 7396 -13.7 -31.0 22 17.3 -17.9 253 60 337.2 337.3 294.3 339.9 0.72 14 350 8395 -21.5 -38.3 20 16.8 -24.4 258 63 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.40 15 300 9510 -31.0 -42.9 30 11.8 -32.4 257 59 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.8 0.29 16 250 10774 -41.0 -47.9 48 6.9 -41.5 250 53 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.9 0.20 17 200 12254 -52.8 -57.5 56 4.8 -52.9 262 37 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.08 18 150 14046 -67.2 -72.0 51 4.8 -67.2 257 69 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16471 -67.6 -82.5 10 14.9 -67.7 264 26 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.22 m Freezing level: 524.21 mb = 5293.87 m = 17368.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.05 mb = 4327.22 m = 14196.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.69 mb = 185.06 m = 607.15 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 5.42 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 715.66 m = 2347.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3628.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.64 mb = 533.18 m = 1749.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 62.03 m/s