MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2512041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2512041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 4 DEC 25 Station: 31.3,-88.5 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 68 5.9 5.7 99 0.2 5.8 52 6 278.0 278.9 278.3 293.4 5.68 1 1000 180 5.1 5.1 100 0.0 5.1 58 12 278.2 279.2 278.2 293.2 5.49 2 950 601 8.4 7.7 95 0.7 8.0 105 10 285.7 286.9 283.4 305.0 6.93 3 900 1051 10.5 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 167 11 292.3 293.8 287.6 316.4 8.43 4 850 1528 10.0 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 196 16 296.6 298.2 289.4 322.1 8.78 5 800 2032 8.7 8.3 97 0.4 8.5 224 19 300.4 302.0 290.5 325.8 8.60 6 750 2565 6.5 6.4 99 0.1 6.4 243 25 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.7 8.04 7 700 3130 4.0 3.9 100 0.0 3.9 245 36 306.9 308.2 291.5 329.0 7.28 8 650 3730 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 244 42 309.4 310.6 291.2 328.2 6.07 9 600 4370 -2.4 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 242 46 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.0 5.26 10 550 5057 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 241 49 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.8 4.45 11 500 5800 -9.3 -9.8 96 0.5 -9.5 247 55 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.6 3.63 12 450 6607 -14.1 -14.5 97 0.4 -14.2 251 60 325.6 326.1 293.0 334.9 2.77 13 400 7491 -20.1 -20.2 99 0.1 -20.1 253 65 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.93 14 350 8466 -27.4 -27.6 98 0.2 -27.5 250 67 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.8 1.13 15 300 9556 -35.9 -36.1 98 0.2 -36.0 256 73 334.8 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.58 16 250 10794 -46.5 -46.6 98 0.2 -46.5 252 73 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12232 -59.5 -59.8 96 0.3 -59.5 253 87 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 18 150 13969 -71.4 -73.9 69 2.5 -71.4 249 89 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 19 100 16398 -69.1 -84.5 9 15.4 -69.1 250 83 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.41 m Freezing level: 642.35 mb = 3827.76 m = 12558.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3820.65 m = 12534.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.68 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1011.01 mb = 90.24 m = 296.07 ft T: 5.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 0.22 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 179.60 m = 589.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.79 C = 47.82 F Cap Strength: 16.25 C Lifted Index: 18.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.27 C Showalter Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 2.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13575.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.81 mb = 542.62 m = 1780.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 290.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 22.05 m/s