MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511230000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 DEC 25 Station: 30.3,-86.4 Latitude: 30.30 Longitude: -86.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 13.6 5.5 58 8.1 9.4 32 19 285.7 286.7 282.0 301.4 5.60 1 1000 124 12.4 3.2 53 9.2 7.8 33 26 285.5 286.4 280.9 299.1 4.81 2 950 553 13.5 10.2 80 3.3 11.6 60 30 290.9 292.4 286.9 314.4 8.26 3 900 1013 16.3 16.2 100 0.0 16.3 95 21 298.3 300.7 293.3 336.1 13.02 4 850 1500 14.7 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 116 17 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.34 5 800 2012 12.4 11.2 93 1.1 11.7 119 18 304.4 306.3 293.3 335.8 10.53 6 750 2552 9.8 7.9 88 1.8 8.6 119 19 307.2 308.8 292.9 334.4 8.98 7 700 3124 6.9 4.5 84 2.4 5.5 124 19 310.1 311.6 292.6 333.4 7.56 8 650 3730 3.6 1.3 84 2.4 2.4 125 19 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.3 6.47 9 600 4377 0.7 -1.1 88 1.8 -0.2 114 16 317.0 318.1 293.3 335.8 5.90 10 550 5073 -2.7 -4.2 89 1.5 -3.4 114 16 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.4 5.09 11 500 5824 -6.4 -13.4 58 7.0 -9.2 88 12 325.2 325.8 292.9 334.4 2.72 12 450 6640 -11.3 -23.5 36 12.2 -14.9 46 10 329.0 329.3 292.7 333.6 1.27 13 400 7533 -17.0 -24.1 54 7.1 -19.0 34 8 332.9 333.2 293.8 337.8 1.37 14 350 8524 -22.5 -22.6 99 0.1 -22.5 165 23 338.4 338.8 295.5 344.9 1.79 15 300 9638 -30.7 -30.7 100 0.1 -30.7 177 30 342.1 342.3 295.7 345.8 0.98 16 250 10904 -41.4 -41.5 99 0.1 -41.4 188 36 344.6 344.6 295.8 346.1 0.40 17 200 12374 -54.6 -54.8 98 0.1 -54.6 210 35 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14152 -68.8 -69.3 93 0.5 -68.8 211 62 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16520 -74.9 -83.5 25 8.6 -74.9 269 33 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.09 m Freezing level: 589.28 mb = 4526.58 m = 14850.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4321.54 m = 14178.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.08 mb = 1040.82 m = 3414.71 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.59 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.02 mb = 3742.22 m = 12277.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.16 C = 106.09 F Cap Strength: 13.18 C Lifted Index: 14.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.23 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12404.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.54 mb = 998.60 m = 3276.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.1 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 133.1 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 12.11 m/s