MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 25.84,-84.8 Latitude: 25.84 Longitude: -84.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.2 22.9 73 5.2 24.3 322 4 300.2 303.4 297.1 352.0 17.66 1 1000 113 27.0 22.2 75 4.8 23.6 322 4 300.2 303.3 296.7 350.3 17.12 2 950 565 22.7 21.3 92 1.4 21.7 318 4 300.2 303.3 296.7 350.1 17.04 3 900 1035 20.1 16.8 81 3.3 17.8 278 4 302.3 304.7 294.8 342.1 13.50 4 850 1527 18.1 12.6 70 5.5 14.6 262 7 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.86 5 800 2045 15.8 8.6 62 7.1 11.4 253 10 308.0 309.6 293.0 334.8 8.83 6 750 2591 12.5 6.6 67 5.9 8.9 248 14 310.1 311.6 293.1 335.2 8.18 7 700 3167 9.0 2.6 64 6.3 5.4 247 16 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.1 6.63 8 650 3777 5.1 0.2 71 4.8 2.5 247 16 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.7 6.00 9 600 4426 0.6 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.4 249 16 316.8 317.9 293.1 335.2 5.78 10 550 5120 -3.4 -4.3 94 0.9 -3.8 258 14 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.4 5.06 11 500 5870 -6.9 -8.9 86 1.9 -7.8 268 15 324.6 325.4 293.7 337.6 3.92 12 450 6686 -10.5 -17.0 59 6.5 -12.8 260 20 330.0 330.5 293.8 337.8 2.24 13 400 7584 -15.9 -27.7 36 11.8 -18.9 251 20 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.9 0.98 14 350 8576 -23.0 -31.9 44 8.9 -24.8 250 22 337.8 338.0 294.5 340.6 0.76 15 300 9687 -31.2 -41.1 37 9.9 -32.4 241 25 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.8 0.35 16 250 10950 -41.8 -47.4 55 5.6 -42.2 265 26 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.8 0.21 17 200 12421 -53.5 -56.3 71 2.8 -53.6 267 31 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.09 18 150 14228 -64.9 -75.8 21 10.8 -65.0 281 16 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16619 -73.8 -82.4 26 8.6 -73.8 344 9 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.77 m Freezing level: 592.88 mb = 4524.53 m = 14844.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.66 mb = 4322.77 m = 14182.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.29 mb = 663.31 m = 2176.19 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 17.19 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1079.77 m = 3542.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 945.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.29 mb = 822.10 m = 2697.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.29 mb = 2398.16 m = 7867.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.29 mb = 12506.87 m = 41032.55 ft B at Equ Level: 945.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.29 mb = 15678.83 m = 51439.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 60.89 Bulk Shear: 15.53 m/s