MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-87.84 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -87.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 2 25.9 23.3 85 2.7 24.0 124 8 298.4 301.7 296.9 351.1 18.11 1 1000 71 25.0 22.3 85 2.7 23.1 124 9 298.2 301.3 296.3 348.3 17.23 2 950 520 21.2 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 130 8 298.7 301.7 295.9 346.7 16.50 3 900 989 19.3 18.1 93 1.2 18.5 159 5 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.6 14.67 4 850 1480 17.1 15.7 91 1.4 16.1 255 3 304.0 306.5 295.1 343.5 13.28 5 800 1997 14.5 13.5 94 1.0 13.8 290 6 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.4 12.22 6 750 2541 11.7 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 301 9 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.4 11.18 7 700 3117 9.0 8.5 97 0.5 8.7 314 10 312.4 314.3 295.1 343.3 10.01 8 650 3729 6.0 5.5 97 0.5 5.7 336 11 315.7 317.4 295.1 343.2 8.76 9 600 4383 2.7 2.5 99 0.2 2.6 355 12 319.2 320.7 295.2 343.7 7.66 10 550 5084 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 355 10 322.8 324.1 295.1 343.4 6.36 11 500 5840 -4.6 -5.9 91 1.3 -5.3 345 9 327.4 328.4 295.3 343.9 4.94 12 450 6663 -9.1 -10.6 89 1.5 -9.8 338 8 331.8 332.6 295.4 344.7 3.78 13 400 7566 -14.4 -16.7 83 2.3 -15.2 324 7 336.3 336.8 295.6 345.5 2.60 14 350 8566 -21.0 -24.1 76 3.0 -21.8 300 6 340.4 340.8 295.8 346.2 1.56 15 300 9686 -29.4 -33.1 71 3.6 -30.1 281 7 343.9 344.1 296.0 346.9 0.79 16 250 10960 -39.6 -49.2 35 9.6 -40.3 250 8 347.2 347.3 296.2 347.9 0.17 17 200 12442 -52.7 -57.8 54 5.1 -52.9 251 3 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.08 18 150 14228 -69.3 -70.5 84 1.2 -69.2 79 2 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 19 100 16569 -76.5 -81.5 45 5.0 -76.5 36 14 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.81 m Freezing level: 564.22 mb = 4884.25 m = 16024.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 565.89 mb = 4854.04 m = 15925.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.83 mb = 339.35 m = 1113.33 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.78 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 711.09 m = 2332.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.96 mb = 612.27 m = 2008.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.96 mb = 1632.33 m = 5355.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.96 mb = 7471.92 m = 24513.88 ft B at Equ Level: 142.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.96 mb = 11962.96 m = 39248.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.0 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 6.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.97 Bulk Shear: 36.11 m/s