MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 29.32,-93.27 Latitude: 29.32 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 27.1 23.0 78 4.1 24.1 240 13 299.2 302.4 296.8 350.8 17.71 1 1000 114 26.0 21.2 75 4.8 22.6 241 15 299.2 302.1 295.8 346.1 16.09 2 950 565 22.3 18.9 81 3.4 19.9 248 15 299.8 302.5 294.9 342.5 14.62 3 900 1035 20.9 12.9 60 8.0 15.7 268 14 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.2 10.48 4 850 1527 18.1 10.7 62 7.5 13.4 286 13 305.1 306.9 292.7 333.7 9.52 5 800 2044 15.0 7.6 61 7.4 10.5 304 13 307.1 308.6 292.3 332.0 8.21 6 750 2587 11.1 4.8 65 6.3 7.5 324 13 308.6 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.21 7 700 3159 6.7 1.5 70 5.2 3.9 349 14 309.9 311.1 291.4 328.8 6.12 8 650 3763 2.1 -2.4 72 4.5 -0.2 7 20 311.3 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.93 9 600 4404 -2.3 -8.9 60 6.6 -5.1 15 20 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.9 3.25 10 550 5092 -3.8 -26.6 15 22.9 -10.1 8 22 319.6 319.7 289.5 322.4 0.79 11 500 5839 -7.8 -40.9 5 33.1 -14.0 352 29 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.21 12 450 6648 -13.9 -47.1 4 33.2 -18.7 345 29 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 13 400 7531 -20.5 -54.7 3 34.2 -24.0 341 33 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 14 350 8503 -28.4 -58.6 4 30.1 -30.6 339 38 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.04 15 300 9589 -36.2 -49.6 24 13.4 -37.2 344 63 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 16 250 10830 -44.8 -57.8 22 13.0 -45.3 340 64 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 17 200 12294 -52.9 -68.3 14 15.4 -53.2 330 63 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14104 -64.3 -77.3 15 13.0 -64.4 327 55 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16517 -71.5 -82.2 19 10.7 -71.6 321 24 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.96 m Freezing level: 626.02 mb = 4070.47 m = 13354.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.93 mb = 3738.98 m = 12266.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.39 mb = 524.18 m = 1719.72 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 28.49 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1745.58 m = 5726.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.45 C K Index: 31.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1076.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.06 mb = 1014.71 m = 3329.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.06 mb = 2619.81 m = 8595.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.06 mb = 11461.49 m = 37602.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.06 mb = 14640.83 m = 48033.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 8.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 14.62 Bulk Shear: 73.61 m/s