MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 32.05,-92.02 Latitude: 32.05 Longitude: -92.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 17.7 14.7 83 3.0 15.8 53 5 289.8 291.6 288.5 319.2 10.46 1 1000 148 16.8 14.5 86 2.3 15.3 59 9 289.9 291.8 288.5 319.2 10.41 2 950 585 15.7 14.1 90 1.6 14.7 105 16 293.1 295.0 289.9 323.7 10.72 3 900 1045 15.1 12.6 85 2.5 13.5 113 15 297.0 298.9 290.7 326.7 10.23 4 850 1527 11.7 11.1 96 0.6 11.3 110 15 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.0 9.80 5 800 2033 8.9 8.7 98 0.2 8.8 116 14 300.7 302.3 290.8 326.8 8.85 6 750 2567 7.6 4.5 80 3.2 5.8 125 16 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.1 7.04 7 700 3134 4.6 0.7 76 3.9 2.5 130 13 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.3 5.75 8 650 3734 1.2 -2.8 75 4.0 -0.8 115 11 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.2 4.77 9 600 4375 -2.1 -7.8 65 5.6 -4.6 84 10 313.7 314.3 290.3 325.0 3.55 10 550 5062 -5.3 -14.6 48 9.3 -8.7 38 12 317.8 318.3 290.3 325.3 2.24 11 500 5805 -9.6 -20.3 41 10.7 -13.0 19 12 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.5 1.52 12 450 6609 -15.0 -28.7 30 13.8 -18.1 25 13 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.79 13 400 7489 -21.4 -34.0 31 12.6 -23.7 25 12 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.54 14 350 8458 -29.6 -37.1 48 7.5 -30.6 10 13 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.5 0.45 15 300 9537 -37.1 -51.4 21 14.3 -38.1 348 16 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 16 250 10790 -41.4 -65.2 6 23.8 -42.3 335 16 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 17 200 12271 -51.2 -68.8 11 17.6 -51.6 323 14 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14098 -60.9 -75.9 12 15.1 -61.0 317 9 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16557 -69.7 -82.8 13 13.1 -69.8 354 6 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.24 m Freezing level: 632.41 mb = 3959.52 m = 12990.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.98 mb = 3586.15 m = 11765.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.32 mb = 413.52 m = 1356.66 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 1.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1436.38 m = 4712.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.19 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 28.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8252.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.28 mb = 735.87 m = 2414.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.8 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 125.8 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.70 Bulk Shear: 1.63 m/s