MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 32.39,-90.23 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -90.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 94 36.2 15.2 29 20.9 21.8 73 5 308.8 310.8 294.8 341.9 10.88 1 1000 148 34.5 14.6 30 19.9 21.0 74 6 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.4 10.49 2 950 609 29.8 13.7 37 16.1 19.0 77 7 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.8 10.39 3 900 1087 25.1 12.7 46 12.3 17.0 79 6 307.3 309.3 294.0 338.6 10.33 4 850 1585 20.3 11.8 58 8.5 14.8 80 6 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.5 10.28 5 800 2105 15.4 10.8 74 4.6 12.4 79 6 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.4 10.19 6 750 2648 10.3 9.3 93 1.1 9.7 74 7 307.8 309.6 293.7 337.6 9.83 7 700 3221 9.4 -2.3 44 11.8 3.4 50 14 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.5 4.60 8 650 3832 6.3 -4.4 46 10.7 1.0 40 13 316.0 316.9 291.6 329.6 4.24 9 600 4484 2.8 -10.5 37 13.3 -3.0 35 10 319.4 319.9 291.4 328.9 2.87 10 550 5184 -0.5 -24.4 14 23.9 -7.9 37 10 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.0 0.97 11 500 5940 -4.4 -31.5 10 27.0 -11.4 45 9 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.7 0.55 12 450 6761 -9.3 -38.3 7 29.0 -15.3 93 6 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.31 13 400 7659 -16.3 -33.8 20 17.5 -20.0 62 10 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.55 14 350 8649 -23.5 -42.0 17 18.5 -26.2 34 13 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.1 0.27 15 300 9755 -32.4 -43.5 32 11.1 -33.7 49 15 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.27 16 250 11011 -42.6 -52.4 33 9.8 -43.2 46 16 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.12 17 200 12484 -52.9 -63.4 27 10.5 -53.1 12 29 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14282 -66.3 -73.1 38 6.7 -66.4 15 37 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16668 -72.6 -82.0 23 9.4 -72.6 55 5 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.83 m Freezing level: 556.91 mb = 5087.04 m = 16689.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.81 mb = 3986.65 m = 13079.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.79 C = 94.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.47 mb = 2709.79 m = 8890.29 ft T: 10.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.41 mb = 3322.79 m = 10901.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.83 C = 105.50 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 2.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 16.24 C K Index: 24.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3671.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.89 mb = 2638.34 m = 8655.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 83.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 2.26 m/s