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: 32.34,-93.13 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 65 SFC 998 79 24.7 20.9 80 3.8 22.1 212 10 298.0 300.9 295.3 343.9 15.82 2 950 517 24.5 18.2 68 6.3 20.1 210 30 302.0 304.6 295.1 343.2 13.95 3 900 989 21.0 16.4 75 4.6 17.8 211 31 303.1 305.6 294.8 342.0 13.12 4 850 1482 17.2 14.6 85 2.6 15.4 214 31 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.0 12.36 5 800 1998 14.0 12.6 91 1.4 13.1 219 31 306.1 308.3 294.5 340.8 11.54 6 750 2541 11.0 9.3 89 1.7 9.9 222 31 308.5 310.4 293.9 338.4 9.84 7 700 3114 7.7 4.1 78 3.7 5.6 227 32 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.7 7.33 8 650 3722 3.9 0.5 79 3.4 2.1 230 35 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.5 6.12 9 600 4368 0.1 -3.3 78 3.4 -1.6 236 40 316.3 317.2 292.3 332.3 5.01 10 550 5060 -4.1 -8.2 73 4.1 -5.9 239 43 319.3 320.0 292.2 331.5 3.76 11 500 5806 -8.6 -14.3 63 5.7 -10.8 240 44 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.0 2.52 12 450 6615 -13.7 -20.9 55 7.1 -15.9 241 47 326.0 326.3 292.2 331.6 1.61 13 400 7500 -19.4 -27.7 48 8.3 -21.3 242 55 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.4 0.98 14 350 8478 -26.3 -33.6 50 7.3 -27.6 243 62 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.7 0.64 15 300 9575 -33.5 -37.4 68 3.8 -34.1 254 60 338.1 338.2 294.3 340.1 0.51 16 250 10832 -42.1 -44.9 74 2.9 -42.3 262 40 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.28 17 200 12303 -53.0 -62.9 29 9.9 -53.2 263 52 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14108 -64.1 -77.3 15 13.2 -64.3 263 58 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16533 -72.3 -83.0 19 10.7 -72.3 265 26 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.99 m Freezing level: 598.44 mb = 4389.79 m = 14402.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.50 mb = 4083.72 m = 13397.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.24 mb = 561.09 m = 1840.82 ft T: 24.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1606.10 m = 5269.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.39 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 684.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.48 mb = 1207.82 m = 3962.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.48 mb = 2292.40 m = 7520.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.48 mb = 10496.13 m = 34435.69 ft B at Equ Level: 679.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.48 mb = 14005.33 m = 45948.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 20.84 Bulk Shear: 32.85 m/s