MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 31.03,-89.95 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -89.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 93 23.6 22.0 91 1.6 22.5 284 3 296.4 299.4 295.4 344.8 16.79 1 1000 129 24.4 21.6 84 2.9 22.4 287 4 297.6 300.6 295.6 345.2 16.41 2 950 580 23.9 18.9 74 5.0 20.4 262 13 301.5 304.2 295.4 344.6 14.64 3 900 1052 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.7 248 19 303.0 305.7 295.6 345.4 14.29 4 850 1545 17.4 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 248 21 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.0 13.29 5 800 2063 15.0 12.9 87 2.1 13.6 251 19 307.2 309.4 295.0 342.7 11.78 6 750 2607 11.6 10.8 95 0.8 11.1 256 18 309.1 311.2 294.8 342.3 10.90 7 700 3183 8.8 8.5 98 0.3 8.6 255 19 312.2 314.1 295.0 343.0 9.99 8 650 3794 5.7 4.0 89 1.7 4.7 260 20 315.4 316.9 294.3 340.1 7.87 9 600 4446 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.1 249 25 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.7 5.63 10 550 5144 -2.1 -4.6 83 2.5 -3.3 244 27 321.6 322.6 293.7 337.7 4.94 11 500 5896 -6.5 -7.7 92 1.1 -7.1 247 29 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.3 4.30 12 450 6712 -11.3 -12.3 92 1.0 -11.7 245 30 329.0 329.7 294.4 340.3 3.32 13 400 7607 -16.7 -17.0 97 0.3 -16.8 254 28 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.2 2.53 14 350 8598 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -23.0 254 23 337.7 338.1 295.3 343.9 1.71 15 300 9710 -30.6 -30.6 100 -0.0 -30.6 253 21 342.3 342.5 295.7 346.1 1.00 16 250 10978 -40.9 -41.0 100 0.0 -40.9 249 17 345.2 345.3 296.0 346.9 0.43 17 200 12453 -53.6 -53.7 99 0.1 -53.6 230 14 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.4 0.13 18 150 14245 -65.6 -73.1 34 7.5 -65.7 267 18 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16638 -73.3 -82.1 25 8.9 -73.3 280 13 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.22 m Freezing level: 574.35 mb = 4804.18 m = 15761.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.02 mb = 4472.62 m = 14673.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.62 mb = 292.23 m = 958.74 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1507.78 m = 4946.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.34 mb = 1058.70 m = 3473.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.34 mb = 2558.69 m = 8394.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.34 mb = 9373.24 m = 30751.73 ft B at Equ Level: 271.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.34 mb = 13308.43 m = 43662.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -3.0 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.63 Bulk Shear: 23.45 m/s