MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 30.82,-92.04 Latitude: 30.82 Longitude: -92.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 19 24.7 16.7 61 8.1 19.4 120 7 296.6 298.7 291.9 330.8 11.83 1 1000 150 25.9 16.3 55 9.6 19.4 125 16 299.0 301.2 292.6 333.2 11.71 2 950 601 24.0 14.6 56 9.4 17.8 121 18 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.2 11.07 3 900 1071 20.1 13.1 64 7.1 15.5 107 16 302.3 304.2 292.7 333.6 10.57 4 850 1562 16.1 11.7 75 4.5 13.3 100 12 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.3 10.19 5 800 2074 12.0 9.6 85 2.4 10.5 98 8 303.9 305.7 292.3 332.1 9.43 6 750 2612 8.0 6.8 92 1.2 7.3 102 11 305.2 306.8 291.7 330.1 8.27 7 700 3179 5.3 3.2 87 2.0 4.1 92 15 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.5 6.92 8 650 3785 4.2 -4.5 53 8.6 -0.0 76 13 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.22 9 600 4433 1.4 -9.1 45 10.5 -3.2 69 13 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.3 3.21 10 550 5128 -2.7 -14.9 38 12.3 -7.3 61 11 320.9 321.4 291.2 328.3 2.18 11 500 5878 -6.3 -25.4 20 19.1 -11.8 59 13 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.8 0.97 12 450 6695 -10.7 -39.1 8 28.5 -16.2 37 15 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.29 13 400 7588 -17.7 -39.4 13 21.7 -21.4 27 15 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.31 14 350 8573 -24.7 -47.0 11 22.3 -27.3 19 15 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 15 300 9674 -33.6 -41.9 43 8.4 -34.5 345 21 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.3 0.32 16 250 10926 -43.5 -50.3 47 6.8 -43.9 334 22 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 17 200 12392 -54.1 -59.8 50 5.7 -54.3 328 34 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14188 -65.0 -71.5 40 6.5 -65.1 307 24 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16609 -71.1 -82.7 16 11.6 -71.2 324 12 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.43 m Freezing level: 582.36 mb = 4678.17 m = 15348.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.47 mb = 3778.88 m = 12397.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.99 mb = 1051.96 m = 3451.26 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.13 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.20 mb = 2029.88 m = 6659.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.98 C K Index: 32.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.73 mb = 1624.19 m = 5328.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.73 mb = 2515.34 m = 8252.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 688.73 mb = 3312.04 m = 10866.13 ft B at Equ Level: 22.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 638.73 mb = 3926.39 m = 12881.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.2 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 119.2 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -19.3 tot: -15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 9.70 m/s