MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 32.18,-89.57 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 999 125 31.7 15.9 39 15.8 20.9 22 5 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.0 11.43 2 950 574 25.4 14.3 50 11.0 18.1 23 9 302.9 304.9 293.1 335.2 10.87 3 900 1046 20.8 13.3 62 7.5 15.9 23 10 302.9 304.9 293.0 334.8 10.73 4 850 1537 16.2 12.2 77 4.0 13.6 23 10 303.1 305.1 292.9 334.5 10.55 5 800 2050 11.5 10.8 96 0.7 11.1 23 10 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.9 10.24 6 750 2586 7.4 6.0 91 1.4 6.6 20 8 304.6 306.1 291.2 328.2 7.84 7 700 3154 5.9 0.7 69 5.3 3.1 341 2 309.1 310.1 290.8 326.8 5.75 8 650 3758 4.1 -16.6 21 20.6 -3.6 267 2 313.6 313.9 288.4 318.9 1.61 9 600 4406 2.4 -37.1 4 39.5 -7.0 298 6 318.9 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.26 10 550 5104 -1.4 -41.7 3 40.3 -9.8 300 9 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.18 11 500 5855 -6.1 -41.0 4 34.9 -13.0 293 11 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.21 12 450 6671 -11.7 -21.9 42 10.2 -14.8 273 16 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.8 1.47 13 400 7563 -17.4 -18.4 92 1.0 -17.7 264 14 332.4 332.8 294.4 340.2 2.24 14 350 8551 -23.7 -27.8 69 4.2 -24.6 235 11 336.9 337.1 294.6 340.9 1.11 15 300 9658 -32.3 -35.2 75 3.0 -32.7 247 17 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.63 16 250 10913 -43.5 -44.4 92 0.8 -43.6 241 39 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.5 0.30 17 200 12376 -53.0 -66.8 17 13.7 -53.4 229 41 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14192 -62.4 -77.2 12 14.8 -62.5 215 28 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16635 -71.0 -82.1 18 11.0 -71.1 172 9 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.57 m Freezing level: 568.09 mb = 4851.34 m = 15916.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.61 mb = 3430.83 m = 11255.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.11 mb = 2100.50 m = 6891.33 ft T: 11.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.16 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.49 mb = 2002.24 m = 6568.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 2.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.26 C K Index: 29.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.52 mb = 2001.99 m = 6568.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.52 mb = 2054.60 m = 6740.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.52 mb = 3395.86 m = 11141.14 ft B at Equ Level: 56.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 589.52 mb = 4547.63 m = 14919.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.0 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 14.0 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -3.5 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.43 Bulk Shear: 3.27 m/s