MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 18.45,-120.60 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -120.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 0 26.3 24.6 90 1.7 25.0 94 29 299.1 302.7 298.1 356.8 19.72 1 1000 35 26.0 24.0 89 2.0 24.5 95 33 299.1 302.6 297.7 355.0 19.11 2 950 486 22.5 22.4 99 0.1 22.4 102 41 300.0 303.3 297.3 353.3 18.18 3 900 957 20.3 20.1 99 0.1 20.2 117 43 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.9 16.73 4 850 1451 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.9 119 41 305.0 307.9 296.8 350.6 15.26 5 800 1970 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 114 40 308.0 310.6 296.7 350.2 13.99 6 750 2518 13.3 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 116 45 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.3 12.48 7 700 3098 10.8 9.5 92 1.2 10.0 115 49 314.4 316.5 296.1 347.8 10.75 8 650 3714 7.8 6.2 90 1.6 6.8 114 49 317.8 319.6 295.9 346.9 9.21 9 600 4372 5.1 2.0 81 3.1 3.3 106 46 322.0 323.5 295.7 345.9 7.41 10 550 5079 1.4 -2.6 75 4.0 -0.7 94 48 325.8 326.9 295.4 344.8 5.77 11 500 5841 -3.0 -7.2 72 4.3 -5.0 92 52 329.4 330.3 295.4 344.4 4.44 12 450 6669 -7.5 -14.4 57 6.9 -10.3 80 50 333.9 334.4 295.2 343.6 2.79 13 400 7578 -12.7 -23.6 39 11.0 -16.0 91 42 338.5 338.8 295.2 343.7 1.42 14 350 8580 -20.7 -30.3 42 9.6 -22.9 88 42 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.1 0.88 15 300 9701 -29.0 -37.1 45 8.1 -30.3 107 38 344.5 344.6 295.8 346.6 0.53 16 250 10979 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 109 31 348.9 349.0 296.8 351.1 0.55 17 200 12475 -49.9 -55.3 53 5.4 -50.1 82 19 353.7 353.8 297.5 354.2 0.11 18 150 14293 -64.3 -67.0 69 2.8 -64.3 140 18 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.03 19 100 16652 -83.7 -85.1 79 1.4 -83.7 164 32 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.84 m Freezing level: 533.77 mb = 5326.53 m = 17475.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.58 mb = 4953.47 m = 16251.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.35 mb = 218.89 m = 718.14 ft T: 24.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.53 mb = 536.78 m = 1761.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.62 mb = 535.97 m = 1758.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.62 mb = 582.19 m = 1910.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.62 mb = 12159.92 m = 39894.27 ft B at Equ Level: 540.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.62 mb = 16117.41 m = 52878.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.4 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 137.4 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.5 neg: -10.3 tot: 146.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 36.72 Bulk Shear: 14.78 m/s