MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 31.75,-90.83 Latitude: 31.75 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 27.3 14.5 45 12.8 18.9 47 6 299.9 301.8 291.8 330.3 10.37 1 1000 147 25.8 13.7 47 12.1 18.0 49 8 299.0 300.8 291.2 328.0 9.92 2 950 595 21.8 12.1 54 9.7 15.7 50 12 299.3 301.0 290.8 326.8 9.36 3 900 1063 19.5 9.4 52 10.1 13.3 49 12 301.6 303.1 290.6 326.0 8.23 4 850 1551 15.2 8.0 62 7.3 10.9 50 7 302.1 303.6 290.5 325.7 7.91 5 800 2061 10.6 6.4 75 4.2 8.2 52 5 302.5 303.8 290.3 325.0 7.55 6 750 2595 6.7 0.6 65 6.1 3.5 51 7 303.8 304.8 288.7 320.0 5.33 7 700 3161 6.2 -19.0 14 25.2 -2.5 43 10 309.4 309.6 286.5 313.4 1.21 8 650 3765 4.6 -29.1 7 33.7 -4.8 36 9 314.2 314.3 287.4 316.0 0.53 9 600 4412 1.1 -34.3 5 35.3 -7.6 24 8 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.6 0.35 10 550 5105 -3.5 -41.4 3 37.8 -11.0 11 8 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.18 11 500 5850 -8.7 -40.0 6 31.3 -14.6 360 12 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.23 12 450 6658 -14.0 -45.1 5 31.1 -18.7 356 17 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.15 13 400 7541 -19.8 -45.9 8 26.1 -23.2 345 24 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.16 14 350 8520 -25.2 -54.8 5 29.6 -27.9 340 37 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 15 300 9623 -32.7 -54.6 9 21.9 -34.4 323 49 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 16 250 10880 -41.9 -60.1 12 18.2 -42.7 311 53 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 17 200 12351 -53.7 -62.5 33 8.8 -53.9 305 72 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 14160 -61.5 -75.5 14 14.0 -61.7 299 33 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16619 -69.3 -82.5 13 13.3 -69.4 325 4 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.36 m Freezing level: 588.50 mb = 4571.79 m = 14999.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.71 mb = 2921.59 m = 9585.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.57 mb = 1705.22 m = 5594.48 ft T: 13.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2269.80 m = 7446.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 16.66 C K Index: 6.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6783.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.85 mb = 1875.54 m = 6153.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 33.3 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 63.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.51 Bulk Shear: 0.88 m/s