MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512021200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512021200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z THU 18 DEC 25 Station: 0,0 Latitude: 0.00 Longitude: 0.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 26.0 21.8 77 4.3 23.0 176 9 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.1 16.46 1 1000 91 25.0 20.7 77 4.3 22.0 176 10 298.2 301.0 295.1 343.4 15.58 2 950 540 21.1 19.3 90 1.8 19.8 160 7 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.1 14.97 3 900 1008 19.4 15.8 79 3.6 17.0 85 6 301.5 303.9 294.0 338.8 12.64 4 850 1499 16.2 13.9 86 2.3 14.7 63 10 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.3 11.85 5 800 2013 13.8 11.2 84 2.6 12.1 58 16 305.9 307.8 293.7 337.3 10.48 6 750 2557 12.3 4.8 60 7.5 7.9 65 19 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.1 7.21 7 700 3133 8.7 2.3 64 6.4 5.1 74 19 312.1 313.3 292.3 332.3 6.48 8 650 3742 5.0 1.9 80 3.1 3.2 81 20 314.6 315.9 293.3 335.8 6.75 9 600 4392 1.3 -1.7 81 3.0 -0.3 85 20 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.7 5.65 10 550 5089 -1.9 -6.8 69 4.9 -4.2 99 23 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.6 4.18 11 500 5842 -5.6 -12.2 59 6.7 -8.3 115 20 326.3 326.8 293.4 336.4 2.99 12 450 6660 -11.0 -17.6 58 6.6 -13.3 95 16 329.4 329.8 293.5 336.8 2.13 13 400 7555 -16.8 -31.8 26 15.0 -20.1 71 11 333.2 333.3 293.2 335.7 0.67 14 350 8545 -23.0 -49.1 7 26.1 -26.1 199 8 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.13 15 300 9656 -31.7 -50.7 13 19.0 -33.4 253 37 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.12 16 250 10914 -42.5 -56.5 20 14.0 -43.2 250 39 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 17 200 12380 -54.8 -65.6 25 10.8 -55.0 261 43 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14157 -69.3 -71.7 71 2.4 -69.4 244 61 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 19 100 16498 -80.1 -86.8 32 6.7 -80.1 118 26 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.26 m Freezing level: 579.42 mb = 4678.79 m = 15350.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.89 mb = 4339.65 m = 14237.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.92 mb = 540.56 m = 1773.47 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1248.07 m = 4094.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 29.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.41 mb = 823.41 m = 2701.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.41 mb = 3439.06 m = 11282.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.41 mb = 5465.64 m = 17931.66 ft B at Equ Level: 40.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.41 mb = 9092.33 m = 29830.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 117.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 59.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 9.07 m/s