MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.41,-93.11 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 70 26.0 20.3 71 5.7 22.0 172 8 299.1 301.9 295.1 343.3 15.16 1 1000 74 26.4 20.2 69 6.1 22.1 173 8 299.5 302.3 295.2 343.6 15.11 2 950 527 24.5 18.1 68 6.4 20.1 187 26 302.0 304.6 295.1 343.1 13.92 3 900 999 20.9 16.4 76 4.4 17.8 201 27 303.0 305.4 294.8 342.0 13.16 4 850 1491 17.1 14.2 83 2.9 15.2 213 26 304.0 306.3 294.3 340.0 12.07 5 800 2007 14.6 10.2 75 4.4 11.8 223 26 306.7 308.5 293.4 336.3 9.80 6 750 2551 12.1 6.5 69 5.6 8.7 222 25 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.5 8.10 7 700 3126 8.6 4.2 74 4.4 6.0 227 25 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.9 7.38 8 650 3735 4.8 -5.0 49 9.8 0.1 232 29 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.4 4.06 9 600 4384 0.8 -7.8 53 8.6 -3.1 238 34 317.1 317.7 291.3 328.6 3.55 10 550 5077 -3.9 -10.8 59 6.9 -6.8 241 39 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.5 3.05 11 500 5822 -8.3 -18.7 43 10.4 -11.8 245 42 322.9 323.2 291.4 328.9 1.75 12 450 6633 -13.3 -30.5 22 17.2 -17.2 247 46 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.67 13 400 7519 -18.9 -38.7 16 19.8 -22.2 242 53 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.34 14 350 8500 -25.7 -43.5 17 17.8 -27.9 245 61 334.1 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.23 15 300 9596 -34.3 -52.4 14 18.1 -35.6 255 66 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 16 250 10851 -42.1 -57.1 18 15.1 -42.8 262 58 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 17 200 12326 -52.3 -64.5 22 12.2 -52.7 267 59 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14132 -64.6 -76.3 18 11.8 -64.7 265 50 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16546 -72.3 -82.8 19 10.5 -72.3 261 20 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.18 m Freezing level: 591.38 mb = 4503.13 m = 14773.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.76 mb = 3750.87 m = 12305.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.09 mb = 796.53 m = 2613.25 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.15 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.05 mb = 1682.89 m = 5521.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 567.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.28 mb = 1268.18 m = 4160.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.28 mb = 3158.36 m = 10361.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.28 mb = 10653.54 m = 34952.12 ft B at Equ Level: 560.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.28 mb = 13447.64 m = 44119.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.5 neg: -3.2 tot: 175.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 9.92 Bulk Shear: 57.24 m/s