MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 34.12,-89.91 Latitude: 34.12 Longitude: -89.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 27.1 19.0 61 8.1 21.5 247 2 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.3 13.89 1 1000 143 28.8 18.0 52 10.8 21.3 254 4 302.0 304.4 294.5 340.7 13.13 2 950 598 25.8 15.9 54 10.0 19.1 244 4 303.4 305.6 294.1 339.1 12.01 3 900 1071 22.0 14.5 62 7.5 17.0 160 4 304.1 306.3 294.0 338.7 11.58 4 850 1565 17.7 13.0 74 4.7 14.6 144 8 304.6 306.7 293.8 337.9 11.13 5 800 2080 13.2 11.0 87 2.2 11.8 156 10 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.2 10.35 6 750 2621 10.2 8.8 91 1.4 9.3 171 10 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.6 9.53 7 700 3192 6.7 0.9 67 5.8 3.6 209 8 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.0 5.86 8 650 3798 4.0 -3.7 57 7.7 0.2 227 5 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.7 4.47 9 600 4445 0.8 -8.2 51 9.0 -3.2 263 4 317.1 317.7 291.2 328.2 3.43 10 550 5139 -3.1 -14.0 43 10.9 -7.3 269 4 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.35 11 500 5887 -7.4 -20.9 33 13.5 -11.7 313 7 324.0 324.3 291.5 329.0 1.44 12 450 6700 -12.1 -32.1 17 20.0 -16.6 319 12 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.1 0.57 13 400 7591 -17.2 -38.2 14 21.0 -21.0 310 16 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.35 14 350 8578 -24.7 -51.4 6 26.7 -27.5 297 13 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.10 15 300 9678 -34.2 -51.9 15 17.7 -35.5 303 18 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 16 250 10922 -45.5 -54.1 37 8.7 -45.9 316 25 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.10 17 200 12368 -58.1 -61.5 65 3.4 -58.2 297 33 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 14138 -65.9 -70.9 50 5.0 -66.0 301 38 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16592 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.0 277 18 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.31 m Freezing level: 589.56 mb = 4589.81 m = 15058.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.12 mb = 3833.48 m = 12576.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.85 mb = 1120.93 m = 3677.55 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 8.93 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 2024.45 m = 6641.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 32.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.68 mb = 1770.63 m = 5809.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.68 mb = 2679.82 m = 8791.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.68 mb = 6789.91 m = 22276.34 ft B at Equ Level: 72.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.68 mb = 11908.91 m = 39070.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.05 Bulk Shear: 2.27 m/s