MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.40,-93.04 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 18 30.1 20.7 57 9.4 23.4 183 8 302.5 305.4 296.3 348.2 15.45 1 1000 94 28.4 19.8 59 8.7 22.3 182 13 301.6 304.3 295.4 344.7 14.65 2 950 547 24.0 18.7 72 5.3 20.3 180 15 301.5 304.2 295.3 344.0 14.42 3 900 1018 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 178 14 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.1 14.37 4 850 1508 15.9 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 177 15 302.9 305.3 294.8 342.2 13.28 5 800 2024 14.1 11.8 86 2.3 12.6 191 15 306.2 308.2 294.1 339.1 10.94 6 750 2567 11.6 6.6 71 5.0 8.6 205 14 309.2 310.8 292.9 334.3 8.20 7 700 3142 8.8 -0.9 51 9.7 3.7 211 15 312.2 313.2 291.2 328.3 5.12 8 650 3751 5.1 -6.4 43 11.4 -0.3 212 16 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.5 3.66 9 600 4399 1.2 -9.4 45 10.6 -3.4 219 19 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.7 3.13 10 550 5094 -2.6 -13.1 44 10.5 -6.8 224 19 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.5 2.54 11 500 5844 -7.0 -18.3 40 11.3 -10.9 233 22 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.7 1.80 12 450 6658 -11.4 -25.6 30 14.3 -15.3 239 25 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.7 1.05 13 400 7551 -17.7 -29.8 34 12.1 -20.5 248 28 332.0 332.1 293.0 334.9 0.81 14 350 8535 -25.5 -37.8 31 12.3 -27.4 256 31 334.4 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.42 15 300 9630 -35.1 -44.6 37 9.5 -36.0 260 32 336.0 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.24 16 250 10876 -43.7 -56.5 23 12.8 -44.3 263 43 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 17 200 12346 -52.8 -68.6 13 15.8 -53.1 260 50 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14149 -65.3 -75.0 25 9.7 -65.4 258 46 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16549 -74.4 -82.6 27 8.3 -74.4 274 21 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.79 m Freezing level: 584.26 mb = 4617.90 m = 15150.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.43 mb = 3707.48 m = 12163.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.70 mb = 1203.93 m = 3949.85 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1313.49 m = 4309.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 634.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.78 mb = 1212.96 m = 3979.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.78 mb = 1460.35 m = 4791.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.78 mb = 2078.70 m = 6819.79 ft B at Equ Level: 5.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.78 mb = 14358.33 m = 47106.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 87.66 Bulk Shear: 7.24 m/s