MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 32.18,-90.02 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 999 110 22.1 15.7 67 6.4 17.9 108 5 295.3 297.3 291.0 327.7 11.28 2 950 550 21.7 13.6 60 8.0 16.5 116 14 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.5 10.38 3 900 1017 18.8 11.7 63 7.1 14.3 174 3 300.8 302.6 291.5 329.2 9.62 4 850 1505 15.0 10.6 75 4.4 12.3 266 8 301.9 303.6 291.7 330.1 9.51 5 800 2016 11.0 9.0 87 2.0 9.7 273 12 302.9 304.5 291.6 329.8 9.03 6 750 2552 8.9 1.9 62 6.9 5.1 287 10 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.1 5.87 7 700 3123 7.4 -8.2 32 15.6 0.5 283 9 310.7 311.3 288.8 320.1 2.95 8 650 3729 4.5 -16.6 20 21.1 -3.3 276 13 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.4 1.61 9 600 4376 1.0 -23.2 14 24.2 -6.6 264 13 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.6 0.98 10 550 5069 -2.9 -31.3 9 28.4 -10.1 251 16 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.51 11 500 5818 -7.2 -37.2 7 29.9 -13.5 251 20 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.31 12 450 6629 -13.2 -38.9 10 25.7 -17.9 256 19 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 13 400 7514 -19.7 -41.4 13 21.8 -22.9 256 16 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.25 14 350 8490 -27.3 -46.5 14 19.2 -29.3 256 22 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.17 15 300 9581 -35.6 -52.6 16 17.0 -36.8 242 33 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10826 -43.6 -59.1 16 15.5 -44.3 239 46 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12295 -52.9 -68.1 14 15.3 -53.2 233 44 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14108 -63.0 -77.5 12 14.5 -63.1 233 40 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16545 -70.4 -82.5 15 12.1 -70.5 225 23 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.01 m Freezing level: 587.61 mb = 4547.85 m = 14920.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.49 mb = 3199.16 m = 10495.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.06 mb = 930.68 m = 3053.37 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.62 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 2007.83 m = 6587.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.34 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 4.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.48 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 17.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6545.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.10 mb = 1504.34 m = 4935.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 58.00 m/s