MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 32.42,-90.52 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 78 20.4 16.3 77 4.1 17.7 294 9 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.3 11.67 1 1000 122 19.4 15.8 80 3.6 17.1 295 12 292.5 294.6 290.2 324.9 11.38 2 950 561 15.2 14.8 97 0.4 15.0 291 15 292.6 294.6 290.2 324.6 11.23 3 900 1019 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 270 16 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.5 10.58 4 850 1502 14.1 11.1 82 3.1 12.2 246 24 301.0 302.8 291.6 329.8 9.78 5 800 2013 12.1 10.3 89 1.8 10.9 237 32 304.0 305.8 292.6 333.4 9.86 6 750 2552 8.8 8.1 96 0.6 8.4 236 34 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.5 9.10 7 700 3120 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 4.9 237 35 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.7 7.60 8 650 3723 2.5 -13.7 29 16.2 -3.7 234 31 311.8 312.2 288.2 318.4 2.04 9 600 4367 0.1 -28.1 10 28.3 -7.7 246 32 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.5 0.63 10 550 5058 -3.9 -27.4 14 23.5 -10.3 257 33 319.5 319.6 289.4 322.1 0.73 11 500 5803 -8.5 -34.2 11 25.6 -14.2 266 36 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.42 12 450 6611 -14.2 -44.0 6 29.8 -18.8 263 39 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.17 13 400 7492 -21.1 -50.0 6 29.0 -24.4 265 35 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.10 14 350 8461 -29.3 -47.4 16 18.1 -31.0 260 36 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.15 15 300 9541 -38.5 -52.1 23 13.6 -39.3 251 43 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 16 250 10766 -47.2 -59.6 23 12.3 -47.7 243 58 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 17 200 12216 -54.8 -65.3 26 10.5 -55.0 235 81 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 14022 -61.9 -75.1 16 13.2 -62.0 241 69 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16496 -67.0 -82.8 9 15.9 -67.1 227 27 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.96 m Freezing level: 598.26 mb = 4390.89 m = 14405.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.65 mb = 3456.36 m = 11339.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.03 mb = 596.71 m = 1957.69 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 751.18 m = 2464.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.94 C = 69.70 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6768.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 683.95 m = 2243.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -5.7 tot: 44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 60.42 m/s