MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-90.16 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -90.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 69 25.5 19.0 67 6.5 21.1 155 6 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.7 13.83 1 1000 175 23.5 18.6 74 4.9 20.1 156 9 296.6 299.1 293.3 335.8 13.56 2 950 621 20.1 17.2 84 2.8 18.2 166 10 297.5 299.9 293.2 335.6 13.14 3 900 1087 18.1 14.5 79 3.7 15.7 159 5 300.2 302.3 292.8 334.1 11.58 4 850 1575 15.8 11.4 75 4.4 13.0 8 5 302.7 304.6 292.4 332.4 10.02 5 800 2088 11.6 10.1 91 1.4 10.7 347 6 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.6 9.78 6 750 2625 8.9 7.8 93 1.1 8.2 282 3 306.3 307.9 292.6 333.1 8.89 7 700 3196 7.5 -0.9 55 8.4 3.2 260 8 310.8 311.8 290.8 326.9 5.13 8 650 3803 3.9 -4.2 55 8.2 -0.0 263 11 313.4 314.3 290.9 327.1 4.30 9 600 4449 0.2 -8.7 51 8.9 -3.7 258 13 316.3 317.0 290.9 327.0 3.29 10 550 5142 -3.6 -18.4 31 14.8 -8.7 257 14 319.8 320.2 290.4 325.4 1.63 11 500 5888 -8.2 -30.0 15 21.8 -13.5 256 16 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.63 12 450 6699 -12.3 -45.3 5 33.0 -17.6 271 18 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.15 13 400 7588 -18.4 -45.2 8 26.8 -22.2 274 23 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.17 14 350 8570 -25.8 -54.9 5 29.1 -28.4 275 25 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.06 15 300 9667 -33.9 -60.4 5 26.5 -35.4 283 33 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.04 16 250 10921 -42.4 -62.0 10 19.6 -43.2 284 49 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 17 200 12395 -52.6 -70.1 10 17.5 -52.9 292 49 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14195 -65.6 -75.8 23 10.2 -65.7 296 52 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16587 -73.6 -82.6 24 9.1 -73.6 287 28 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.88 m Freezing level: 597.55 mb = 4483.34 m = 14708.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.60 mb = 3795.57 m = 12452.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.68 mb = 891.02 m = 2923.26 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.24 mb = 1632.89 m = 5357.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 26.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.22 mb = 998.88 m = 3277.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.22 mb = 2147.96 m = 7047.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.22 mb = 2689.42 m = 8823.44 ft B at Equ Level: 11.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 704.22 mb = 3146.58 m = 10323.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -47.3 tot: -30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 23.98 m/s