MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 100 SFC 999 110 19.1 15.4 79 3.7 16.7 154 6 292.4 294.3 289.9 323.8 11.07 2 950 544 21.2 13.8 63 7.4 16.4 170 21 298.7 300.6 291.5 329.4 10.51 3 900 1012 19.4 11.4 60 7.9 14.4 199 15 301.5 303.2 291.6 329.5 9.47 4 850 1501 16.0 9.4 65 6.6 12.0 242 13 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.0 8.76 5 800 2013 12.2 7.1 71 5.1 9.2 280 14 304.1 305.6 291.1 327.9 7.94 6 750 2551 8.6 4.0 72 4.7 6.0 290 19 305.9 307.2 290.7 326.6 6.79 7 700 3119 5.4 -2.5 57 7.9 1.5 287 17 308.4 309.3 289.5 322.5 4.53 8 650 3722 2.9 -5.0 56 7.8 -0.9 279 12 312.2 313.0 290.3 325.1 4.07 9 600 4367 -0.3 -6.4 63 6.2 -3.1 266 15 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.94 10 550 5059 -3.5 -19.8 27 16.2 -8.9 248 19 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.9 1.45 11 500 5805 -8.1 -29.1 17 21.0 -13.4 242 23 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.69 12 450 6615 -13.4 -39.2 9 25.8 -18.0 242 25 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.28 13 400 7499 -19.8 -45.2 9 25.4 -23.2 243 27 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.17 14 350 8474 -27.9 -47.3 14 19.4 -29.9 247 28 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 15 300 9560 -36.6 -56.1 12 19.5 -37.8 244 35 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.06 16 250 10801 -44.5 -60.3 16 15.7 -45.2 238 46 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12266 -53.1 -67.9 15 14.8 -53.4 236 53 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14075 -62.5 -77.3 12 14.8 -62.6 230 48 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16525 -69.1 -82.7 12 13.5 -69.2 238 22 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.43 m Freezing level: 604.35 mb = 4310.67 m = 14142.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.33 mb = 3495.52 m = 11468.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.49 mb = 585.56 m = 1921.11 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.95 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2257.06 m = 7404.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 25.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5961.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.53 mb = 1415.62 m = 4644.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 179.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 117.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 58.46 m/s