MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 30.64,-90.2 Latitude: 30.64 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 28.0 20.2 63 7.8 22.5 242 4 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.6 15.00 1 1000 103 28.3 18.8 56 9.5 21.6 246 8 301.4 304.0 294.8 341.9 13.75 2 950 556 24.3 16.9 63 7.4 19.2 268 12 301.9 304.2 294.3 339.7 12.84 3 900 1027 20.1 15.6 75 4.6 17.1 275 14 302.3 304.5 294.1 339.0 12.44 4 850 1518 16.1 14.1 88 1.9 14.8 274 17 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.5 12.00 5 800 2031 12.6 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 267 19 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.4 11.33 6 750 2572 10.7 6.4 75 4.3 8.1 264 22 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.7 8.05 7 700 3145 7.7 3.3 74 4.4 5.2 261 23 311.0 312.3 292.4 332.4 6.93 8 650 3753 4.3 -1.3 67 5.6 1.4 252 24 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.34 9 600 4400 0.6 -6.6 59 7.2 -2.7 254 25 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.4 3.89 10 550 5094 -3.5 -14.0 44 10.5 -7.5 269 26 319.9 320.3 291.1 327.7 2.36 11 500 5841 -8.0 -11.7 75 3.7 -9.5 265 30 323.3 323.9 292.7 333.8 3.13 12 450 6654 -11.9 -12.7 94 0.8 -12.3 245 36 328.2 328.9 294.1 339.1 3.19 13 400 7547 -17.0 -18.7 87 1.6 -17.6 241 39 332.8 333.3 294.4 340.5 2.19 14 350 8535 -24.0 -25.6 87 1.6 -24.4 238 44 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.3 1.36 15 300 9640 -32.1 -32.1 100 0.0 -32.1 231 46 340.1 340.3 295.1 343.4 0.86 16 250 10901 -42.2 -42.2 100 -0.0 -42.2 233 57 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.8 0.37 17 200 12371 -53.5 -62.9 31 9.4 -53.8 251 65 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.04 18 150 14179 -63.2 -78.6 11 15.3 -63.4 266 43 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16600 -73.2 -82.5 23 9.2 -73.3 252 26 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.62 m Freezing level: 592.88 mb = 4498.95 m = 14760.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3962.89 m = 13001.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.05 mb = 1036.35 m = 3400.07 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1641.52 m = 5385.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.09 mb = 1446.74 m = 4746.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.09 mb = 1904.47 m = 6248.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.09 mb = 2438.10 m = 7998.93 ft B at Equ Level: 6.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.09 mb = 10065.96 m = 33024.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.24 Bulk Shear: 19.13 m/s