MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.9,-90.75 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 39 23.1 20.1 83 3.0 21.1 211 15 295.8 298.5 294.0 338.6 14.88 1 1000 91 23.2 19.9 81 3.4 20.9 209 20 296.4 299.1 294.0 338.9 14.75 2 950 538 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 205 31 297.4 300.0 294.1 339.3 14.45 3 900 1004 18.7 16.6 88 2.0 17.3 218 40 300.8 303.2 294.3 340.0 13.36 4 850 1494 15.7 14.2 91 1.5 14.7 223 40 302.6 304.8 293.9 338.3 12.05 5 800 2007 12.8 11.7 93 1.2 12.1 226 39 304.8 306.9 293.6 337.3 10.85 6 750 2548 10.1 9.1 93 1.1 9.5 229 39 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.0 9.70 7 700 3119 7.1 6.3 95 0.8 6.6 233 43 310.3 312.0 293.5 336.7 8.60 8 650 3726 3.1 1.2 88 1.9 2.1 234 45 312.4 313.7 292.4 332.5 6.44 9 600 4369 -1.4 -3.5 85 2.2 -2.4 235 46 314.5 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.92 10 550 5058 -5.2 -7.1 86 1.9 -6.1 237 47 317.9 318.7 292.0 331.1 4.08 11 500 5802 -9.0 -12.3 77 3.3 -10.3 236 47 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.98 12 450 6610 -13.5 -18.5 66 5.1 -15.1 233 48 326.3 326.7 292.6 333.1 1.97 13 400 7496 -19.4 -23.0 73 3.7 -20.4 237 54 329.8 330.1 293.1 335.1 1.50 14 350 8476 -26.0 -27.5 87 1.5 -26.3 242 58 333.7 334.0 293.8 337.9 1.14 15 300 9574 -33.5 -33.7 98 0.2 -33.5 255 51 338.2 338.3 294.6 340.9 0.74 16 250 10825 -44.3 -44.4 99 0.1 -44.3 249 39 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.3 0.29 17 200 12288 -53.7 -63.9 28 10.2 -53.9 259 43 347.7 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.04 18 150 14096 -63.2 -77.8 12 14.6 -63.3 255 56 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16531 -70.8 -83.1 15 12.2 -70.9 249 30 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.28 m Freezing level: 615.37 mb = 4171.33 m = 13685.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.05 mb = 4014.57 m = 13170.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.52 mb = 423.86 m = 1390.60 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1222.57 m = 4011.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 38.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.32 mb = 746.23 m = 2448.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.32 mb = 2411.11 m = 7910.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.32 mb = 9062.77 m = 29733.14 ft B at Equ Level: 335.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.32 mb = 12533.99 m = 41121.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 230.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 5.88 Bulk Shear: 57.44 m/s