MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z 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 102 SFC 999 110 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 229 4 292.2 294.5 291.3 328.7 12.86 2 950 543 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 247 12 295.4 297.7 292.0 331.0 12.37 3 900 1006 17.0 14.4 85 2.6 15.3 236 15 299.0 301.1 292.4 332.7 11.52 4 850 1493 14.7 12.4 86 2.3 13.2 237 20 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.1 10.69 5 800 2005 11.7 10.3 91 1.4 10.8 244 22 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.1 9.88 6 750 2543 8.4 6.6 88 1.8 7.4 256 21 305.7 307.3 291.9 330.5 8.20 7 700 3109 4.4 1.9 83 2.6 3.1 256 23 307.4 308.6 290.7 326.6 6.27 8 650 3712 2.4 -2.4 71 4.8 0.0 242 25 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.2 4.95 9 600 4355 -1.2 -5.9 70 4.7 -3.4 234 25 314.7 315.5 291.1 327.8 4.09 10 550 5045 -4.2 -38.1 5 33.9 -11.3 255 26 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.26 11 500 5790 -8.2 -40.9 5 32.7 -14.3 257 33 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.21 12 450 6599 -13.8 -44.6 5 30.8 -18.6 253 35 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.16 13 400 7482 -20.8 -44.4 10 23.5 -23.9 253 38 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.19 14 350 8452 -29.1 -41.8 28 12.7 -30.6 248 39 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 15 300 9532 -38.1 -49.4 30 11.3 -38.9 240 42 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 16 250 10764 -46.1 -54.0 40 7.9 -46.4 233 59 337.5 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.10 17 200 12225 -52.7 -69.5 11 16.9 -53.0 240 62 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14043 -61.7 -77.4 11 15.8 -61.8 237 45 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16508 -68.0 -82.7 10 14.7 -68.1 238 16 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.33 m Freezing level: 616.95 mb = 4136.97 m = 13572.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3715.65 m = 12190.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.50 mb = 271.18 m = 889.68 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 6.48 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1551.67 m = 5090.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: 2.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.67 mb = 793.22 m = 2602.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.67 mb = 3019.79 m = 9907.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.67 mb = 3253.85 m = 10675.23 ft B at Equ Level: 26.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 607.67 mb = 4252.93 m = 13953.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 26.51 m/s