MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-92.01 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 80 28.6 19.4 58 9.2 22.1 131 5 301.2 303.8 295.0 343.0 14.22 1 1000 134 27.4 18.5 58 8.9 21.2 134 5 300.6 303.0 294.4 340.1 13.50 2 950 585 22.9 17.4 71 5.5 19.2 142 6 300.5 302.9 294.2 339.5 13.31 3 900 1054 18.5 16.4 88 2.1 17.1 150 6 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.2 13.16 4 850 1542 14.9 13.0 88 2.0 13.7 164 7 301.8 303.8 293.0 334.6 11.12 5 800 2054 12.7 8.4 75 4.3 10.1 189 7 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.7 8.68 6 750 2594 9.8 5.4 74 4.4 7.2 221 11 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.1 7.53 7 700 3164 6.3 0.1 65 6.2 3.0 228 15 309.4 310.4 290.7 326.5 5.51 8 650 3769 3.5 -10.9 34 14.4 -2.4 224 13 313.0 313.5 289.1 321.3 2.57 9 600 4415 0.9 -21.5 17 22.5 -6.4 244 11 317.2 317.4 289.0 321.1 1.14 10 550 5108 -2.6 -29.4 11 26.9 -9.7 274 15 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.61 11 500 5857 -7.8 -32.7 12 24.9 -13.6 287 16 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.49 12 450 6666 -13.4 -40.0 9 26.6 -18.1 296 20 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.3 0.26 13 400 7552 -19.3 -38.6 16 19.3 -22.5 302 25 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.2 0.34 14 350 8529 -27.5 -47.5 13 20.0 -29.6 305 28 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.15 15 300 9615 -37.5 -48.2 32 10.6 -38.3 299 28 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 16 250 10844 -47.0 -57.8 28 10.7 -47.4 284 37 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.06 17 200 12300 -53.9 -68.6 15 14.7 -54.1 289 55 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14104 -63.7 -77.4 14 13.8 -63.8 277 46 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16540 -68.2 -82.9 11 14.6 -68.4 262 23 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.05 m Freezing level: 586.81 mb = 4597.59 m = 15083.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.40 mb = 3492.29 m = 11457.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.71 mb = 1238.73 m = 4064.03 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1390.18 m = 4560.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 29.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 509.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.48 mb = 1279.89 m = 4199.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.48 mb = 1527.09 m = 5010.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.48 mb = 11346.43 m = 37225.36 ft B at Equ Level: 501.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.48 mb = 13641.26 m = 44754.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 23.82 Bulk Shear: 21.40 m/s