MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 24.05,-84.35 Latitude: 24.05 Longitude: -84.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 28.8 22.8 70 5.9 24.5 330 5 301.0 304.2 297.2 352.7 17.59 1 1000 94 27.7 22.0 71 5.6 23.6 329 5 300.8 303.9 296.7 350.5 16.91 2 950 547 23.3 21.0 87 2.4 21.6 327 4 300.9 303.9 296.6 349.9 16.67 3 900 1018 21.0 15.2 69 5.9 17.1 282 3 303.2 305.4 294.1 339.2 12.13 4 850 1512 18.5 11.1 62 7.4 13.7 269 4 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.9 9.79 5 800 2029 15.8 7.9 59 7.9 11.0 276 7 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.5 8.39 6 750 2575 13.1 4.6 56 8.5 8.2 279 9 310.8 312.1 292.4 332.8 7.12 7 700 3152 9.3 3.3 66 6.0 5.8 282 10 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.3 6.92 8 650 3762 5.1 -0.9 65 6.0 2.0 278 13 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.3 5.53 9 600 4412 1.2 -5.6 60 6.9 -2.0 264 16 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.19 10 550 5108 -1.8 -16.7 31 14.9 -7.2 233 14 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.4 1.88 11 500 5860 -6.2 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.9 214 10 325.5 326.0 292.5 332.9 2.17 12 450 6677 -11.1 -17.4 60 6.3 -13.3 241 8 329.2 329.7 293.5 336.8 2.17 13 400 7571 -16.8 -18.4 87 1.6 -17.4 269 8 333.1 333.6 294.6 341.0 2.23 14 350 8563 -21.7 -28.9 52 7.2 -23.4 309 15 339.5 339.7 295.1 343.2 1.00 15 300 9680 -30.6 -38.0 49 7.3 -31.7 296 19 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.1 0.48 16 250 10946 -40.8 -42.0 89 1.2 -40.9 313 30 345.4 345.5 296.0 346.9 0.38 17 200 12423 -53.2 -54.4 86 1.2 -53.3 315 30 348.5 348.5 296.4 349.0 0.12 18 150 14212 -67.2 -73.9 38 6.7 -67.2 292 22 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 19 100 16599 -75.3 -82.8 30 7.5 -75.3 191 8 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.49 m Freezing level: 579.47 mb = 4697.52 m = 15411.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.49 mb = 4074.24 m = 13366.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.63 mb = 754.86 m = 2476.54 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.96 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1475.96 m = 4842.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 29.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.47 mb = 965.51 m = 3167.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.47 mb = 2795.86 m = 9172.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.47 mb = 12085.46 m = 39649.99 ft B at Equ Level: 640.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.47 mb = 15502.17 m = 50859.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 68.22 Bulk Shear: 9.40 m/s