MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.41,-86.24 Latitude: 32.41 Longitude: -86.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 89 SFC 998 105 30.7 11.5 31 19.2 18.4 316 5 304.0 305.6 291.6 329.7 8.56 2 950 543 25.7 9.4 36 16.3 15.6 316 8 303.3 304.7 290.7 326.7 7.81 3 900 1015 21.2 8.5 44 12.7 13.4 317 8 303.3 304.8 290.7 326.5 7.74 4 850 1506 16.5 7.6 56 8.9 11.2 316 8 303.4 304.8 290.7 326.5 7.71 5 800 2018 11.6 6.5 71 5.0 8.6 316 8 303.5 304.9 290.7 326.3 7.63 6 750 2553 6.5 5.2 92 1.3 5.8 315 8 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.9 7.42 7 700 3116 3.5 -4.1 57 7.6 -0.0 317 10 306.4 307.1 288.3 318.9 4.03 8 650 3719 3.9 -18.9 17 22.9 -4.0 323 17 313.4 313.7 288.1 317.8 1.32 9 600 4365 0.7 -30.9 7 31.7 -7.5 317 21 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.7 0.48 10 550 5058 -2.8 -35.8 6 33.0 -10.4 312 26 320.8 320.8 289.3 322.0 0.33 11 500 5806 -7.9 -40.0 6 32.2 -14.0 307 27 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.3 0.23 12 450 6614 -14.0 -43.0 7 29.0 -18.6 308 29 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.19 13 400 7497 -20.6 -46.3 8 25.8 -23.8 312 32 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.15 14 350 8470 -27.5 -54.3 6 26.8 -29.8 314 32 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 15 300 9560 -36.0 -57.0 10 21.0 -37.2 312 32 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 16 250 10801 -44.7 -61.7 13 17.0 -45.3 303 31 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 17 200 12267 -51.9 -69.0 11 17.0 -52.3 290 30 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14097 -60.5 -78.4 8 17.9 -60.6 280 30 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16565 -68.1 -82.7 11 14.6 -68.2 240 5 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.21 m Freezing level: 589.67 mb = 4507.87 m = 14789.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.33 mb = 3111.63 m = 10208.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.66 mb = 2501.60 m = 8207.25 ft T: 6.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.16 mb = 2627.65 m = 8620.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 5.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 15.43 C K Index: 24.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6315.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.70 mb = 2567.11 m = 8422.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.2 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 344.2 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -0.8 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 8.58 m/s