MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 27.72,-87.61 Latitude: 27.72 Longitude: -87.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 28.1 21.0 66 7.1 23.0 264 14 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.3 15.67 1 1000 88 27.1 18.9 61 8.1 21.3 265 15 300.2 302.7 294.5 340.9 13.88 2 950 539 22.7 18.0 74 4.8 19.4 266 15 300.2 302.8 294.4 340.5 13.76 3 900 1008 19.2 14.9 76 4.3 16.3 273 12 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.2 11.88 4 850 1498 17.0 9.8 62 7.2 12.5 316 6 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.96 5 800 2012 12.6 8.0 73 4.7 9.8 355 7 304.6 306.2 291.7 329.9 8.42 6 750 2550 8.5 3.7 71 4.9 5.8 341 8 305.9 307.1 290.6 326.0 6.65 7 700 3122 10.2 -17.0 13 27.3 -0.2 317 14 313.8 314.1 288.3 318.6 1.44 8 650 3736 8.4 -21.5 10 30.0 -2.1 307 21 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.1 1.05 9 600 4391 4.7 -26.5 8 31.1 -5.0 301 24 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.1 0.73 10 550 5095 1.3 -35.1 5 36.4 -7.9 291 26 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.35 11 500 5854 -4.0 -14.8 43 10.8 -8.3 288 28 328.1 328.6 293.4 336.5 2.42 12 450 6676 -9.5 -16.3 58 6.8 -12.1 291 26 331.3 331.7 294.2 339.5 2.38 13 400 7576 -15.6 -23.4 51 7.8 -17.9 283 28 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.9 1.45 14 350 8569 -22.9 -32.9 39 10.1 -24.8 261 31 337.9 338.1 294.4 340.5 0.68 15 300 9680 -31.2 -43.7 28 12.6 -32.6 255 36 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.5 0.26 16 250 10944 -41.6 -50.2 39 8.6 -42.2 246 38 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.15 17 200 12415 -54.3 -55.2 89 0.9 -54.3 251 38 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.11 18 150 14212 -65.2 -74.2 28 9.0 -65.3 245 39 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16615 -74.6 -82.3 29 7.7 -74.6 225 5 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.23 m Freezing level: 537.76 mb = 5280.60 m = 17324.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.31 mb = 3106.36 m = 10191.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.55 mb = 897.17 m = 2943.43 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 27.65 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1645.69 m = 5399.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: 2.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 6.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.00 C Cross Totals Index: 13.78 C K Index: 3.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.38 mb = 1187.15 m = 3894.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.38 mb = 1944.83 m = 6380.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.38 mb = 2815.34 m = 9236.55 ft B at Equ Level: 31.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 686.38 mb = 3284.55 m = 10775.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 328.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -24.4 tot: -18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.84 Bulk Shear: 11.31 m/s