MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.25,-86.29 Latitude: 32.25 Longitude: -86.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 996 114 30.0 14.1 38 16.0 19.5 324 3 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.8 10.18 2 950 534 25.8 11.5 41 14.3 16.7 320 5 303.4 305.1 291.8 330.3 9.01 3 900 1006 21.3 10.6 50 10.7 14.6 318 5 303.5 305.1 291.7 330.2 8.95 4 850 1497 16.6 9.7 63 6.9 12.3 315 5 303.5 305.2 291.7 330.1 8.89 5 800 2010 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 311 5 303.6 305.2 291.7 329.9 8.79 6 750 2546 7.2 6.1 93 1.1 6.6 309 5 304.4 305.8 291.2 328.2 7.92 7 700 3111 4.7 -3.4 56 8.1 0.8 324 7 307.7 308.5 289.0 320.8 4.25 8 650 3714 3.1 -13.3 29 16.5 -3.3 329 11 312.5 312.9 288.5 319.4 2.11 9 600 4358 0.3 -25.1 13 25.4 -7.2 323 16 316.5 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.83 10 550 5051 -3.0 -30.3 10 27.3 -10.0 319 20 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.6 0.56 11 500 5799 -7.2 -40.9 5 33.7 -13.7 312 24 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.21 12 450 6610 -13.4 -43.8 6 30.4 -18.3 314 24 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.17 13 400 7494 -20.0 -48.4 6 28.5 -23.5 314 27 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 14 350 8470 -27.0 -55.1 5 28.2 -29.3 314 30 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.06 15 300 9563 -35.0 -58.4 7 23.4 -36.3 308 30 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 16 250 10812 -42.8 -62.9 9 20.1 -43.6 294 28 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.03 17 200 12291 -50.5 -70.2 8 19.7 -50.9 279 23 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14127 -60.4 -78.5 8 18.1 -60.6 291 22 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16581 -69.5 -82.4 14 12.9 -69.5 235 9 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.47 m Freezing level: 595.40 mb = 4422.13 m = 14508.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.47 mb = 3222.45 m = 10572.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.71 mb = 2117.45 m = 6946.93 ft T: 10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2366.34 m = 7763.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 16.84 C K Index: 25.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.96 mb = 2284.84 m = 7496.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.96 mb = 2447.46 m = 8029.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.96 mb = 3123.05 m = 10246.12 ft B at Equ Level: 4.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 668.96 mb = 3479.98 m = 11417.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 5.79 m/s