MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 27.0 19.2 62 7.9 21.6 147 9 299.0 301.6 294.3 339.7 13.94 1 1000 136 25.1 18.2 65 6.9 20.4 149 14 298.2 300.6 293.5 336.7 13.24 2 950 583 20.8 16.9 78 3.9 18.2 151 16 298.3 300.6 293.2 335.7 12.87 3 900 1049 16.7 15.4 92 1.2 15.8 152 14 298.7 300.9 293.0 334.7 12.34 4 850 1534 15.2 7.6 61 7.6 10.7 159 10 302.1 303.5 290.3 325.1 7.75 5 800 2047 13.3 6.4 63 6.9 9.3 180 7 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.2 7.57 6 750 2588 11.1 2.0 54 9.0 6.1 194 8 308.6 309.7 290.8 326.8 5.91 7 700 3162 8.7 -4.5 39 13.2 2.2 200 10 312.1 312.8 290.1 324.5 3.91 8 650 3770 4.9 -13.2 26 18.0 -2.4 207 9 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.5 2.13 9 600 4418 1.7 -15.4 27 17.1 -4.8 220 9 318.1 318.5 290.1 324.5 1.93 10 550 5114 -2.8 -12.1 49 9.3 -6.6 218 11 320.8 321.3 291.7 329.9 2.75 11 500 5861 -9.0 -12.3 77 3.3 -10.3 234 17 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.98 12 450 6669 -13.3 -23.3 42 10.1 -16.2 245 17 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.1 1.29 13 400 7558 -18.4 -35.9 20 17.5 -21.7 264 23 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.45 14 350 8541 -25.6 -49.6 9 24.1 -28.1 286 26 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 15 300 9637 -34.5 -55.0 11 20.5 -35.9 274 35 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 16 250 10890 -42.9 -59.3 15 16.4 -43.6 271 46 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 17 200 12361 -52.5 -66.8 16 14.3 -52.8 269 52 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14167 -64.8 -77.0 17 12.1 -64.9 278 30 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16568 -74.6 -82.9 27 8.3 -74.6 289 17 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.18 m Freezing level: 581.04 mb = 4682.11 m = 15361.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.74 mb = 3451.36 m = 11323.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.79 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.11 mb = 1009.59 m = 3312.27 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1433.45 m = 4702.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 16.61 C K Index: 18.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.22 mb = 1065.58 m = 3495.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 513.22 mb = 5656.22 m = 18556.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.22 mb = 6446.71 m = 21150.35 ft B at Equ Level: 8.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.22 mb = 6955.58 m = 22819.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.2 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 222.2 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 12.21 m/s