MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 26.41,-86.86 Latitude: 26.41 Longitude: -86.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.3 23.1 73 5.2 24.5 258 2 300.3 303.5 297.2 352.5 17.80 1 1000 119 27.0 22.6 76 4.5 23.8 260 2 300.2 303.4 297.0 351.4 17.47 2 950 571 22.8 21.5 92 1.4 21.9 268 3 300.4 303.5 296.8 350.8 17.19 3 900 1042 20.1 17.3 84 2.8 18.2 280 5 302.2 304.8 295.1 343.5 13.97 4 850 1534 18.0 12.3 70 5.6 14.3 289 7 305.0 307.0 293.6 336.9 10.67 5 800 2052 15.8 7.0 56 8.8 10.5 292 9 308.0 309.5 292.3 332.1 7.88 6 750 2597 12.7 3.8 55 8.9 7.6 295 10 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.1 6.71 7 700 3173 8.9 0.6 56 8.4 4.4 298 11 312.4 313.5 291.8 330.2 5.71 8 650 3782 4.8 -3.5 55 8.3 0.7 296 11 314.4 315.2 291.4 328.8 4.55 9 600 4430 1.0 -10.4 42 11.4 -3.8 280 7 317.3 317.9 290.8 326.8 2.90 10 550 5125 -2.4 -12.4 46 10.0 -6.5 234 7 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.2 2.68 11 500 5876 -6.5 -15.4 49 8.8 -9.9 220 10 325.1 325.5 292.5 332.9 2.31 12 450 6692 -11.1 -25.0 31 13.8 -15.0 202 10 329.2 329.5 292.6 333.2 1.12 13 400 7587 -16.5 -30.4 29 13.8 -19.7 178 14 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.3 0.76 14 350 8575 -23.7 -35.5 33 11.9 -25.8 126 4 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.9 0.53 15 300 9685 -30.8 -44.3 26 13.5 -32.4 21 16 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.25 16 250 10951 -40.8 -46.2 56 5.4 -41.3 358 24 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.3 0.24 17 200 12432 -52.2 -59.4 41 7.3 -52.4 357 25 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.4 0.06 18 150 14233 -66.2 -73.2 37 7.0 -66.2 350 22 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16623 -74.4 -81.8 31 7.4 -74.5 249 3 383.9 383.9 302.9 384.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.55 m Freezing level: 585.24 mb = 4635.14 m = 15206.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.64 mb = 3874.25 m = 12710.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.88 mb = 664.34 m = 2179.58 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 25.72 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 996.40 m = 3268.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 28.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1019.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.90 mb = 804.18 m = 2638.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.90 mb = 2266.86 m = 7437.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.90 mb = 12434.95 m = 40796.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1014.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.90 mb = 16066.41 m = 52710.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 260.00 Bulk Shear: 3.92 m/s