MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 18.51,-123.20 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -123.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 1 25.3 23.8 91 1.5 24.2 11 30 297.9 301.3 297.1 352.3 18.71 1 1000 53 24.4 22.8 90 1.7 23.2 12 35 297.6 300.8 296.4 348.9 17.70 2 950 502 21.0 20.7 99 0.2 20.8 22 43 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.3 16.43 3 900 970 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 42 42 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.7 15.72 4 850 1462 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 50 39 304.9 307.5 296.0 347.3 14.21 5 800 1982 16.1 13.9 87 2.2 14.7 53 38 308.3 310.7 295.8 346.5 12.61 6 750 2530 13.8 11.4 85 2.4 12.2 57 39 311.5 313.7 295.8 346.4 11.36 7 700 3110 11.0 9.0 87 2.0 9.7 57 40 314.7 316.7 295.9 346.9 10.34 8 650 3727 7.9 5.9 87 2.1 6.6 59 43 317.9 319.7 295.8 346.3 8.98 9 600 4385 4.7 1.9 82 2.8 3.1 66 48 321.6 323.0 295.6 345.2 7.35 10 550 5090 0.5 -4.1 72 4.5 -1.9 62 52 324.6 325.7 294.7 341.6 5.15 11 500 5850 -2.8 -11.0 53 8.2 -6.4 61 54 329.6 330.3 294.6 340.9 3.32 12 450 6679 -7.3 -19.7 37 12.4 -11.6 58 54 334.1 334.4 294.4 340.4 1.79 13 400 7586 -13.8 -22.7 47 8.9 -16.5 58 50 337.1 337.4 295.0 342.7 1.54 14 350 8585 -21.0 -30.4 43 9.4 -23.1 57 46 340.5 340.6 295.2 343.7 0.87 15 300 9708 -28.2 -34.8 53 6.5 -29.4 63 38 345.6 345.7 296.2 348.2 0.67 16 250 10989 -38.1 -40.9 75 2.8 -38.4 70 34 349.4 349.5 296.9 351.1 0.43 17 200 12483 -50.7 -50.8 99 0.1 -50.7 67 22 352.5 352.5 297.3 353.3 0.18 18 150 14297 -65.0 -68.9 58 3.9 -65.1 87 18 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16645 -82.9 -84.6 74 1.8 -82.9 93 24 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.79 m Freezing level: 542.73 mb = 5200.58 m = 17062.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 568.74 mb = 4818.65 m = 15809.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.49 mb = 190.08 m = 623.61 ft T: 23.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 6.02 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.78 mb = 494.46 m = 1622.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.71 mb = 531.75 m = 1744.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.71 mb = 577.65 m = 1895.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 911.71 mb = 858.28 m = 2815.86 ft B at Equ Level: 13.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 831.71 mb = 1648.69 m = 5409.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.7 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 83.7 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 90.48 m/s