MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 31.25,-86.08 Latitude: 31.25 Longitude: -86.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 82 18.3 14.4 78 3.8 15.8 60 6 291.0 292.8 288.8 320.1 10.32 1 1000 128 17.9 14.2 79 3.7 15.6 62 9 291.1 292.9 288.8 320.1 10.25 2 950 566 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 89 18 293.1 294.9 289.5 322.4 10.29 3 900 1024 14.9 12.3 85 2.6 13.3 106 9 296.9 298.7 290.6 326.0 10.05 4 850 1507 12.0 11.0 93 1.0 11.4 98 6 298.7 300.5 290.9 327.2 9.74 5 800 2014 10.9 8.5 85 2.4 9.5 103 5 302.8 304.4 291.4 328.8 8.74 6 750 2552 9.0 4.8 75 4.3 6.6 106 4 306.4 307.7 291.2 328.3 7.21 7 700 3122 6.7 0.8 66 5.9 3.5 104 2 309.9 310.9 291.1 327.8 5.79 8 650 3728 4.1 -5.6 49 9.7 -0.5 268 2 313.6 314.3 290.6 325.9 3.88 9 600 4374 0.5 -13.4 34 13.9 -5.0 280 5 316.7 317.2 290.0 324.2 2.26 10 550 5068 -2.8 -29.6 11 26.8 -9.9 290 8 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.9 0.60 11 500 5817 -6.9 -36.6 7 29.7 -13.3 291 10 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.33 12 450 6628 -13.2 -40.2 8 27.0 -18.0 300 8 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.25 13 400 7516 -17.8 -51.3 4 33.5 -22.0 304 12 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.08 14 350 8501 -25.0 -54.1 5 29.1 -27.8 284 19 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 15 300 9603 -32.1 -58.4 6 26.2 -33.9 294 20 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 16 250 10864 -41.7 -61.3 10 19.6 -42.6 292 25 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 17 200 12340 -52.3 -67.8 14 15.5 -52.7 287 31 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14150 -64.4 -76.9 17 12.5 -64.5 278 17 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16559 -72.2 -82.1 21 9.9 -72.3 315 12 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.10 m Freezing level: 592.08 mb = 4484.24 m = 14711.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3649.10 m = 11971.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.72 mb = 568.12 m = 1863.89 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 5.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2071.45 m = 6796.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Cap Strength: 7.23 C Lifted Index: 8.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.23 C Showalter Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 24.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8344.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.67 mb = 868.69 m = 2850.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.6 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 96.6 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.81 Bulk Shear: 5.46 m/s