MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 32.5,-90.47 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 78 35.8 4.4 14 31.4 17.2 96 3 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.21 1 1000 143 33.6 3.6 15 30.0 16.2 96 3 306.7 307.7 289.3 322.0 4.95 2 950 601 29.0 2.8 19 26.2 14.1 95 4 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.91 3 900 1077 24.3 2.0 23 22.3 11.9 93 4 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.6 4.91 4 850 1572 19.5 1.2 29 18.3 9.5 91 5 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.91 5 800 2088 14.5 0.2 37 14.3 6.9 88 5 306.6 307.5 289.2 321.5 4.85 6 750 2628 9.5 -1.3 47 10.9 4.0 82 6 306.9 307.8 289.1 321.2 4.63 7 700 3197 6.0 -6.3 41 12.4 0.4 63 7 309.2 309.8 288.7 319.9 3.41 8 650 3799 2.5 -14.5 27 17.1 -3.9 355 5 311.8 312.2 288.1 318.0 1.91 9 600 4442 -0.2 -23.2 16 23.0 -7.3 322 11 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.2 0.98 10 550 5133 -4.0 -29.4 12 25.4 -10.6 312 15 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.5 0.61 11 500 5878 -8.6 -34.6 10 26.0 -14.2 314 17 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.0 0.40 12 450 6685 -13.9 -42.0 7 28.1 -18.6 313 20 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.21 13 400 7568 -20.8 -35.8 25 15.0 -23.4 322 24 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.45 14 350 8538 -28.7 -52.3 9 23.5 -30.7 328 24 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 15 300 9623 -36.9 -58.5 9 21.5 -38.1 329 29 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 16 250 10858 -46.4 -62.4 15 16.0 -46.9 319 32 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.03 17 200 12310 -54.8 -68.3 17 13.5 -55.1 320 32 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14110 -63.1 -76.8 14 13.8 -63.2 304 36 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16556 -69.9 -82.6 14 12.7 -70.0 302 20 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.03 m Freezing level: 604.28 mb = 4387.28 m = 14393.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.66 mb = 3247.26 m = 10653.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.06 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.82 mb = 3938.65 m = 12921.91 ft T: 1.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.04 mb = 5275.90 m = 17309.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.45 C = 117.41 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: 6.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 9.83 C K Index: 16.97 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 40.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7453.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.93 mb = 3849.63 m = 12629.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 20.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -8.2 tot: -8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 12.29 m/s