MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 99 SFC 999 110 18.9 16.1 84 2.8 17.1 182 3 292.1 294.2 290.3 325.0 11.61 2 950 542 19.8 16.3 80 3.5 17.5 215 18 297.3 299.6 292.6 333.1 12.36 3 900 1008 17.5 14.5 83 3.0 15.5 225 21 299.5 301.7 292.7 333.5 11.62 4 850 1495 14.5 11.8 84 2.8 12.8 230 21 301.4 303.3 292.2 331.7 10.27 5 800 2005 11.1 9.2 88 1.9 10.0 235 15 303.0 304.7 291.8 330.4 9.19 6 750 2542 8.0 7.7 98 0.3 7.8 253 16 305.2 306.9 292.2 331.8 8.85 7 700 3110 5.9 4.2 89 1.7 4.9 271 17 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.7 7.41 8 650 3714 2.3 1.3 93 1.0 1.8 257 19 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.50 9 600 4358 -1.3 -2.9 89 1.6 -2.1 250 22 314.6 315.6 292.0 330.9 5.15 10 550 5048 -4.6 -9.5 68 4.9 -6.7 243 25 318.6 319.3 291.6 329.7 3.38 11 500 5792 -8.4 -21.0 35 12.6 -12.3 249 27 322.8 323.1 291.1 327.8 1.43 12 450 6602 -13.6 -41.4 8 27.8 -18.3 249 29 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 13 400 7485 -20.2 -42.9 11 22.7 -23.4 242 33 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.22 14 350 8459 -28.3 -44.8 19 16.5 -30.1 243 34 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.20 15 300 9542 -37.5 -50.3 25 12.8 -38.4 236 40 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10777 -45.3 -55.3 32 10.0 -45.7 235 53 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.09 17 200 12243 -52.7 -67.5 15 14.8 -53.1 233 63 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14058 -61.7 -77.1 11 15.4 -61.9 235 50 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16513 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.4 -69.3 250 19 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.20 m Freezing level: 618.09 mb = 4124.95 m = 13533.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.02 mb = 4003.66 m = 13135.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.92 mb = 461.70 m = 1514.76 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 3.18 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.21 mb = 1582.30 m = 5191.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5171.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.76 mb = 971.86 m = 3188.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.9 neg: -12.3 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 19.08 m/s