MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 29.71,-88.63 Latitude: 29.71 Longitude: -88.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 1 26.3 20.9 72 5.4 22.5 83 14 297.8 300.6 294.9 342.4 15.40 1 1000 172 24.5 18.9 71 5.6 20.6 84 15 297.7 300.2 293.8 338.0 13.91 2 950 619 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.6 84 14 297.9 300.3 293.7 337.4 13.62 3 900 1085 18.4 11.9 66 6.5 14.3 72 14 300.5 302.2 291.5 329.2 9.77 4 850 1573 15.5 7.6 59 7.9 10.8 55 15 302.4 303.8 290.4 325.4 7.73 5 800 2085 13.4 1.4 44 12.0 6.9 37 14 305.5 306.4 289.2 321.6 5.29 6 750 2627 11.3 -3.2 36 14.5 4.1 29 11 308.9 309.7 289.2 321.5 4.03 7 700 3200 9.1 -16.3 15 25.4 -0.6 53 6 312.5 312.8 287.9 317.6 1.52 8 650 3809 6.4 -26.0 8 32.5 -3.6 94 8 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.7 0.70 9 600 4461 2.9 -31.6 6 34.4 -6.4 98 8 319.5 319.5 289.0 321.1 0.45 10 550 5159 -1.2 -31.6 8 30.4 -9.1 97 7 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.49 11 500 5912 -4.7 -46.2 2 41.5 -12.3 99 18 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.12 12 450 6733 -9.7 -41.8 5 32.1 -15.7 89 27 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 13 400 7630 -16.6 -46.0 6 29.4 -21.0 78 36 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 14 350 8618 -23.6 -45.7 11 22.1 -26.4 67 27 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.18 15 300 9727 -31.4 -52.0 11 20.6 -33.2 69 24 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.10 16 250 10988 -42.1 -54.1 26 12.0 -42.8 62 22 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.10 17 200 12460 -53.4 -62.1 34 8.7 -53.6 44 19 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14248 -67.7 -72.5 51 4.7 -67.8 88 12 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16616 -77.4 -82.2 46 4.8 -77.4 10 10 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.29 m Freezing level: 564.51 mb = 4956.17 m = 16260.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.58 mb = 3121.86 m = 10242.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.35 mb = 689.14 m = 2260.94 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.83 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.74 mb = 1466.15 m = 4810.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 8.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.22 C Cross Totals Index: 12.33 C K Index: 2.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3881.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.97 mb = 981.02 m = 3218.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.2 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 103.2 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -41.2 tot: -39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.68 Bulk Shear: 2.08 m/s