MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 35.54,-89.34 Latitude: 35.54 Longitude: -89.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 998 107 24.5 18.6 70 5.9 20.5 181 7 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.4 13.63 2 950 540 20.5 16.1 76 4.4 17.5 193 13 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.3 12.17 3 900 1006 18.3 12.7 70 5.6 14.7 227 16 300.3 302.2 291.9 330.5 10.27 4 850 1494 15.8 10.2 69 5.7 12.3 257 20 302.7 304.4 291.7 330.1 9.20 5 800 2007 12.5 9.0 79 3.5 10.4 274 27 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.6 9.06 6 750 2546 9.8 4.9 71 4.9 7.0 295 26 307.3 308.6 291.5 329.4 7.26 7 700 3117 6.4 0.8 67 5.6 3.4 302 30 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.6 5.80 8 650 3720 1.8 -5.0 61 6.8 -1.3 299 34 311.1 311.8 289.9 323.9 4.07 9 600 4360 -3.4 -9.9 61 6.5 -6.0 292 38 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.9 3.01 10 550 5041 -8.4 -16.6 51 8.2 -11.1 290 38 314.1 314.5 288.9 320.4 1.89 11 500 5775 -12.2 -28.6 24 16.4 -16.0 278 36 318.2 318.4 289.0 320.7 0.72 12 450 6572 -17.6 -32.8 25 15.2 -20.5 269 38 321.1 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.54 13 400 7443 -23.9 -39.2 23 15.3 -26.1 259 39 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.32 14 350 8403 -31.0 -45.2 23 14.2 -32.4 254 41 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.19 15 300 9477 -39.4 -48.7 37 9.3 -40.0 252 45 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.5 0.15 16 250 10696 -50.0 -54.5 59 4.5 -50.1 249 46 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.09 17 200 12124 -56.8 -65.6 32 8.7 -57.0 270 42 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13934 -59.6 -78.1 7 18.5 -59.8 281 42 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16446 -64.7 -83.3 6 18.6 -64.9 291 28 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.36 m Freezing level: 632.27 mb = 3946.99 m = 12949.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.99 mb = 3546.82 m = 11636.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.35 mb = 859.90 m = 2821.15 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.77 mb = 1862.49 m = 6110.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 601.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.36 mb = 1203.96 m = 3949.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.36 mb = 3542.32 m = 11621.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.36 mb = 11109.69 m = 36448.67 ft B at Equ Level: 587.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.36 mb = 12987.15 m = 42608.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 126.76 m/s