MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 24.02,-79 Latitude: 24.02 Longitude: -79.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 28.5 24.0 77 4.4 25.2 97 7 300.6 304.1 297.9 356.1 18.90 1 1000 104 27.7 23.0 76 4.7 24.3 98 8 300.8 304.1 297.4 353.7 17.99 2 950 557 23.7 21.4 87 2.3 22.1 99 8 301.3 304.4 297.0 351.8 17.17 3 900 1029 20.9 18.1 84 2.8 18.9 98 8 303.0 305.7 295.8 346.5 14.68 4 850 1523 18.5 14.5 77 4.0 15.8 97 7 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.5 12.33 5 800 2042 16.0 11.0 72 5.0 12.7 99 6 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.5 10.34 6 750 2589 13.3 7.9 70 5.4 10.0 105 4 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.6 8.97 7 700 3167 10.5 3.1 60 7.4 6.2 96 2 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.5 6.83 8 650 3780 6.4 -0.9 60 7.3 2.5 229 1 316.2 317.3 292.7 333.8 5.52 9 600 4433 2.7 -4.1 61 6.9 -0.7 287 5 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.5 4.70 10 550 5132 -1.5 -7.6 63 6.1 -4.3 284 5 322.3 323.1 293.1 335.3 3.92 11 500 5885 -6.2 -11.6 65 5.4 -8.5 214 2 325.5 326.1 293.3 336.0 3.14 12 450 6701 -11.5 -15.0 76 3.4 -12.8 128 1 328.8 329.3 293.8 337.9 2.66 13 400 7595 -17.2 -18.6 89 1.4 -17.7 117 1 332.6 333.1 294.4 340.3 2.20 14 350 8583 -23.9 -26.1 82 2.2 -24.5 152 5 336.5 336.7 294.6 341.2 1.29 15 300 9690 -31.8 -35.8 67 4.0 -32.4 175 8 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.9 0.60 16 250 10952 -41.8 -43.5 84 1.6 -42.0 182 17 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.2 0.33 17 200 12424 -53.5 -57.1 64 3.6 -53.6 182 18 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14218 -66.9 -69.8 67 2.9 -67.0 205 16 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16595 -76.9 -83.5 34 6.6 -76.9 1 14 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.04 m Freezing level: 567.59 mb = 4886.24 m = 16030.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.80 mb = 4287.59 m = 14066.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.96 mb = 566.99 m = 1860.17 ft T: 23.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.70 mb = 1148.25 m = 3767.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1402.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.63 mb = 860.00 m = 2821.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.63 mb = 2013.98 m = 6607.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.63 mb = 13341.75 m = 43771.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1401.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.5 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 132.5 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -2.8 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1008.73 Bulk Shear: 1.39 m/s