MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 28.94,-86.35 Latitude: 28.94 Longitude: -86.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.0 21.5 68 6.5 23.3 318 7 300.2 303.1 296.1 347.5 16.16 1 1000 95 27.1 19.0 61 8.2 21.5 320 8 300.3 302.8 294.6 341.1 13.94 2 950 547 23.6 15.7 61 8.0 18.3 330 9 301.2 303.4 293.3 336.1 11.85 3 900 1017 20.0 13.1 64 6.9 15.5 344 10 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.3 10.56 4 850 1507 16.2 11.1 72 5.1 13.0 358 12 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.2 9.78 5 800 2020 11.9 9.2 83 2.8 10.2 357 13 303.9 305.6 292.0 331.2 9.15 6 750 2558 9.5 4.7 72 4.8 6.8 335 9 306.9 308.2 291.3 328.6 7.16 7 700 3129 7.1 0.1 61 7.0 3.4 304 9 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.5 5.52 8 650 3735 3.3 0.2 80 3.1 1.7 298 9 312.7 313.9 292.1 331.5 5.99 9 600 4384 4.1 -31.2 6 35.3 -5.7 268 11 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.6 0.47 10 550 5086 0.6 -30.4 8 31.0 -8.0 264 17 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.55 11 500 5843 -4.4 -20.5 27 16.1 -9.9 251 22 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.9 1.50 12 450 6664 -10.7 -19.4 49 8.7 -13.6 242 31 329.8 330.2 293.4 336.2 1.83 13 400 7558 -17.3 -24.9 51 7.7 -19.3 235 43 332.6 332.8 293.6 337.1 1.26 14 350 8545 -23.3 -41.5 17 18.2 -26.0 235 53 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.5 0.29 15 300 9657 -31.2 -57.0 6 25.8 -33.1 238 55 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.06 16 250 10924 -40.5 -60.0 11 19.5 -41.4 242 50 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.05 17 200 12406 -52.1 -65.7 18 13.6 -52.4 239 48 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14212 -63.5 -75.8 17 12.4 -63.6 226 40 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16628 -73.1 -81.5 27 8.5 -73.1 204 13 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.94 m Freezing level: 544.06 mb = 5176.14 m = 16981.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.71 mb = 3877.02 m = 12719.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.26 mb = 823.48 m = 2701.68 ft T: 21.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1731.62 m = 5681.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.59 C Cross Totals Index: 15.47 C K Index: 24.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.25 mb = 1434.33 m = 4705.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.25 mb = 1995.93 m = 6548.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.25 mb = 2985.23 m = 9793.95 ft B at Equ Level: 13.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 612.25 mb = 4219.90 m = 13844.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.3 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 329.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -2.1 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.38 Bulk Shear: 4.30 m/s