MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 33.57,-89.02 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 1000 111 20.6 17.4 82 3.2 18.5 254 6 293.7 296.0 291.6 329.7 12.60 2 950 549 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 248 11 293.4 295.5 291.0 327.4 11.94 3 900 1008 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 228 17 296.3 298.4 291.5 329.4 11.45 4 850 1492 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 221 23 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.6 10.88 5 800 2000 11.0 8.4 84 2.5 9.5 224 27 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.7 8.70 6 750 2537 8.2 -4.5 40 12.7 2.2 229 29 305.5 306.1 287.6 316.7 3.64 7 700 3102 4.7 -3.4 56 8.1 0.8 223 30 307.7 308.4 289.0 320.8 4.25 8 650 3703 1.7 -9.7 42 11.4 -3.1 219 34 310.9 311.5 288.7 319.9 2.81 9 600 4343 -2.1 -17.7 29 15.5 -7.4 216 37 313.6 313.9 288.4 318.9 1.59 10 550 5032 -4.6 -37.4 6 32.8 -11.5 234 38 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.28 11 500 5775 -8.9 -43.1 4 34.3 -14.9 234 47 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.17 12 450 6582 -14.0 -52.0 2 38.1 -18.8 246 49 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.07 13 400 7465 -20.5 -54.8 3 34.3 -24.0 243 48 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.06 14 350 8435 -29.4 -53.0 8 23.6 -31.3 240 51 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.08 15 300 9514 -38.4 -53.0 20 14.6 -39.3 234 48 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 16 250 10740 -47.7 -57.7 31 10.0 -48.0 229 56 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.06 17 200 12196 -52.2 -70.6 9 18.4 -52.6 232 59 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14026 -59.9 -78.3 7 18.4 -60.1 227 40 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16509 -66.4 -82.8 8 16.4 -66.5 216 21 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.35 m Freezing level: 627.61 mb = 3989.88 m = 13089.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.90 mb = 3220.27 m = 10565.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.50 mb = 508.94 m = 1669.73 ft T: 16.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 14.83 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.62 mb = 633.65 m = 2078.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.75 C = 69.35 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 26.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.62 mb = 669.90 m = 2197.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.62 mb = 715.33 m = 2346.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 921.62 mb = 806.93 m = 2647.38 ft B at Equ Level: 11.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 851.62 mb = 1475.47 m = 4840.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 64.58 m/s