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: 33.52,-86.84 Latitude: 33.52 Longitude: -86.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 990 180 18.5 17.4 94 1.0 17.8 1 2 292.5 294.7 291.3 328.6 12.76 2 950 535 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 41 4 297.3 299.4 292.2 331.9 11.95 3 900 1000 17.9 14.0 78 3.9 15.4 209 1 299.9 302.0 292.5 332.9 11.24 4 850 1487 14.6 11.1 79 3.5 12.4 253 6 301.5 303.3 291.9 330.5 9.83 5 800 1998 10.9 7.3 78 3.6 8.8 265 9 302.8 304.3 290.8 326.8 8.04 6 750 2533 7.1 4.8 85 2.3 5.8 266 8 304.3 305.6 290.6 326.0 7.22 7 700 3099 5.5 -5.6 45 11.1 0.4 258 12 308.6 309.2 288.7 319.8 3.59 8 650 3701 2.8 -14.2 27 16.9 -3.7 249 14 312.1 312.5 288.2 318.5 1.96 9 600 4344 -1.0 -18.9 24 17.9 -7.0 244 17 314.9 315.2 288.6 319.7 1.43 10 550 5032 -5.4 -26.8 17 21.4 -11.1 227 22 317.7 317.9 288.9 320.4 0.78 11 500 5772 -10.7 -35.3 11 24.6 -15.7 229 22 320.0 320.0 289.2 321.3 0.38 12 450 6572 -17.0 -39.2 13 22.2 -20.5 236 23 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.29 13 400 7446 -22.2 -46.7 9 24.5 -25.1 217 46 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.14 14 350 8417 -27.6 -52.5 7 25.0 -29.8 213 57 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 15 300 9511 -34.2 -56.1 9 21.9 -35.7 210 67 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.06 16 250 10763 -42.7 -62.5 10 19.8 -43.5 214 69 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12240 -50.9 -69.3 9 18.4 -51.2 221 60 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14070 -60.7 -75.8 12 15.1 -60.9 233 37 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16540 -67.9 -82.8 10 14.9 -68.0 208 18 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.81 m Freezing level: 613.45 mb = 4171.31 m = 13685.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.41 mb = 3152.31 m = 10342.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.33 mb = 307.56 m = 1009.06 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1619.99 m = 5314.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 25.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.01 mb = 1066.54 m = 3499.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.01 mb = 2336.11 m = 7664.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.01 mb = 2890.41 m = 9482.86 ft B at Equ Level: 35.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 618.01 mb = 4106.69 m = 13473.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 31.89 m/s