MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 24.39,-93.43 Latitude: 24.39 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 27.8 23.6 78 4.2 24.7 146 9 299.8 303.1 297.4 353.6 18.37 1 1000 116 26.5 22.5 79 4.0 23.6 147 10 299.7 302.8 296.7 350.5 17.39 2 950 567 22.6 21.0 91 1.6 21.5 152 9 300.1 303.2 296.4 349.0 16.69 3 900 1038 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 151 7 302.9 305.4 295.1 343.4 13.66 4 850 1532 18.5 14.5 78 4.0 15.8 138 9 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.6 12.34 5 800 2051 15.7 11.5 76 4.2 13.0 141 10 307.9 309.9 294.4 340.4 10.73 6 750 2597 12.6 9.2 80 3.3 10.5 161 6 310.2 312.1 294.4 340.3 9.82 7 700 3174 9.5 6.3 81 3.1 7.6 221 3 313.0 314.6 294.2 339.6 8.60 8 650 3786 5.8 3.0 82 2.8 4.2 265 5 315.5 316.9 294.0 338.6 7.34 9 600 4437 1.7 -1.1 82 2.8 0.3 266 6 318.1 319.3 293.6 337.0 5.90 10 550 5134 -2.5 -5.2 81 2.8 -3.8 246 9 321.2 322.1 293.4 336.6 4.72 11 500 5886 -6.4 -12.4 62 6.0 -8.8 233 10 325.3 325.9 293.1 335.2 2.95 12 450 6703 -10.1 -26.3 25 16.1 -14.6 248 10 330.5 330.7 292.8 334.1 0.99 13 400 7601 -15.9 -35.8 16 19.9 -19.8 260 13 334.4 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.45 14 350 8594 -22.5 -33.1 38 10.6 -24.6 274 11 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.67 15 300 9707 -30.8 -42.5 31 11.7 -32.3 268 13 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.1 0.30 16 250 10973 -41.0 -52.2 29 11.2 -41.7 257 15 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.6 0.12 17 200 12450 -53.2 -61.2 37 8.0 -53.4 239 23 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14239 -67.4 -69.4 76 2.0 -67.4 260 20 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16615 -76.6 -81.3 47 4.7 -76.6 354 3 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.49 m Freezing level: 579.25 mb = 4726.55 m = 15506.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.86 mb = 4479.47 m = 14696.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.89 mb = 531.48 m = 1743.69 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 19.48 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1320.36 m = 4331.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 719.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.06 mb = 808.55 m = 2652.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.06 mb = 2384.55 m = 7823.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.06 mb = 12478.71 m = 40940.15 ft B at Equ Level: 716.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.06 mb = 15592.31 m = 51155.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -5.8 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 119.49 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s