MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1007 18 27.9 21.4 68 6.5 23.2 186 7 300.4 303.4 296.1 347.6 16.09 1 1000 81 28.1 20.0 62 8.1 22.3 186 12 301.2 304.0 295.5 345.0 14.88 2 950 535 24.0 18.6 72 5.4 20.2 188 17 301.6 304.2 295.3 343.9 14.37 3 900 1006 19.7 17.3 86 2.4 18.1 190 18 301.9 304.4 295.1 343.1 13.98 4 850 1496 16.3 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 192 18 303.2 305.7 295.0 342.8 13.35 5 800 2012 14.1 12.5 90 1.6 13.0 198 19 306.1 308.3 294.4 340.5 11.43 6 750 2556 11.6 9.7 88 1.9 10.4 201 20 309.2 311.1 294.3 340.1 10.15 7 700 3131 8.5 6.8 89 1.7 7.5 207 21 311.9 313.6 294.2 339.4 8.90 8 650 3741 5.1 1.0 75 4.0 2.8 216 23 314.7 315.9 293.0 334.7 6.35 9 600 4390 1.4 -9.3 45 10.7 -3.3 223 24 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.1 3.16 10 550 5085 -2.7 -14.6 39 11.9 -7.2 235 24 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.4 2.24 11 500 5834 -7.2 -24.8 23 17.6 -12.3 239 28 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.9 1.02 12 450 6649 -11.1 -31.9 16 20.9 -15.9 245 32 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.59 13 400 7542 -17.5 -36.4 18 18.9 -21.0 247 38 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.9 0.42 14 350 8526 -25.4 -43.7 16 18.4 -27.7 252 42 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.23 15 300 9622 -34.9 -46.9 29 12.0 -36.0 260 45 336.2 336.2 293.6 336.9 0.19 16 250 10869 -43.3 -54.4 28 11.1 -43.9 268 49 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.09 17 200 12340 -52.8 -63.5 26 10.7 -53.0 264 48 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14139 -65.6 -74.8 27 9.2 -65.7 258 47 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16548 -73.5 -82.6 24 9.1 -73.6 277 19 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.24 m Freezing level: 582.67 mb = 4631.08 m = 15193.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.76 mb = 4036.14 m = 13241.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.10 mb = 851.06 m = 2792.15 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.48 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.26 mb = 1353.55 m = 4440.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 561.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.11 mb = 1187.65 m = 3896.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.11 mb = 1535.36 m = 5037.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 816.11 mb = 1842.20 m = 6043.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.11 mb = 14295.32 m = 46900.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 38.08 Bulk Shear: 14.75 m/s