MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-88.07 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 21.2 20.7 97 0.5 20.9 196 7 293.8 296.6 293.8 337.9 15.47 1 1000 114 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.7 193 12 294.4 297.1 293.9 338.2 15.34 2 950 558 19.5 18.9 97 0.6 19.1 205 29 296.9 299.6 294.1 339.2 14.62 3 900 1024 17.4 16.4 94 1.0 16.8 222 34 299.5 301.9 293.8 337.9 13.18 4 850 1512 15.0 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 234 37 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.6 12.46 5 800 2024 12.5 12.1 97 0.4 12.3 247 39 304.5 306.6 293.8 337.8 11.16 6 750 2565 9.8 9.6 99 0.2 9.7 257 39 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.6 10.06 7 700 3135 6.0 5.7 98 0.3 5.8 260 39 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.4 8.25 8 650 3739 2.5 -0.2 82 2.7 1.1 259 37 311.8 312.9 291.7 329.9 5.81 9 600 4383 -1.0 -6.9 64 5.9 -3.7 254 36 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.1 3.80 10 550 5072 -4.8 -12.4 55 7.6 -7.8 248 38 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.2 2.68 11 500 5816 -8.8 -18.4 46 9.5 -12.0 242 42 322.3 322.6 291.3 328.4 1.80 12 450 6625 -13.5 -22.3 47 8.8 -16.0 247 43 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.3 1.42 13 400 7511 -19.0 -26.7 51 7.7 -20.9 249 46 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.1 1.07 14 350 8492 -25.7 -30.5 64 4.8 -26.6 253 42 334.1 334.3 293.6 337.3 0.86 15 300 9589 -34.6 -37.5 74 3.0 -35.0 255 38 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.6 0.50 16 250 10834 -45.3 -47.0 83 1.7 -45.4 237 40 338.7 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.22 17 200 12298 -52.6 -68.3 13 15.7 -52.9 252 60 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14097 -65.2 -75.5 23 10.3 -65.3 255 55 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16522 -71.9 -83.1 17 11.2 -71.9 266 29 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.10 m Freezing level: 614.42 mb = 4197.33 m = 13770.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.68 mb = 3880.64 m = 12731.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.66 mb = 116.92 m = 383.59 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.51 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 791.60 m = 2597.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.57 mb = 589.47 m = 1933.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.57 mb = 2113.02 m = 6932.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.57 mb = 8459.15 m = 27752.78 ft B at Equ Level: 277.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.57 mb = 12246.10 m = 40177.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 372.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 3.07 Bulk Shear: 90.52 m/s