MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 28.47,-81.57 Latitude: 28.47 Longitude: -81.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 26.3 21.8 77 4.4 23.1 281 3 298.7 301.8 296.0 347.0 16.58 1 1000 106 25.9 21.5 77 4.4 22.8 279 4 299.1 302.0 295.9 346.7 16.33 2 950 557 23.6 19.2 77 4.3 20.5 243 5 301.1 303.9 295.5 345.0 14.94 3 900 1029 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 217 7 302.9 305.5 295.1 343.4 13.65 4 850 1522 17.7 14.7 82 3.1 15.7 209 8 304.7 307.0 294.8 341.8 12.44 5 800 2039 14.9 11.1 78 3.9 12.4 205 10 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.5 10.41 6 750 2583 11.4 5.9 69 5.5 8.1 219 11 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.7 7.76 7 700 3157 8.5 0.1 55 8.4 4.0 226 13 311.9 313.0 291.5 329.1 5.50 8 650 3766 4.9 -3.4 55 8.3 0.8 230 15 314.6 315.4 291.5 329.2 4.59 9 600 4415 1.3 -6.0 58 7.3 -2.2 230 17 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.7 4.07 10 550 5111 -2.4 -9.6 57 7.3 -5.5 226 22 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.3 3.34 11 500 5861 -6.7 -14.5 54 7.8 -9.7 225 22 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.3 2.48 12 450 6677 -11.3 -15.0 74 3.7 -12.7 223 19 329.0 329.5 293.9 338.1 2.65 13 400 7573 -15.7 -24.7 46 9.0 -18.2 227 16 334.6 334.8 294.1 339.2 1.29 14 350 8571 -21.2 -30.4 43 9.2 -23.2 238 16 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.5 0.87 15 300 9687 -30.5 -38.8 44 8.3 -31.7 239 18 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.1 0.44 16 250 10953 -41.1 -49.3 41 8.2 -41.6 211 15 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.7 0.17 17 200 12427 -54.3 -55.4 88 1.0 -54.4 254 33 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.10 18 150 14219 -65.7 -74.6 28 8.9 -65.8 251 16 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16622 -73.2 -83.4 20 10.2 -73.2 221 17 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.22 m Freezing level: 582.56 mb = 4657.32 m = 15279.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.92 mb = 3930.51 m = 12895.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.36 mb = 599.95 m = 1968.33 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1525.71 m = 5005.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 30.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.47 mb = 1033.91 m = 3392.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.47 mb = 2312.35 m = 7586.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.47 mb = 8065.53 m = 26461.40 ft B at Equ Level: 290.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.47 mb = 13645.09 m = 44766.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 20.01 Bulk Shear: 14.63 m/s