MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 30.4,-89.73 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -89.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 23 21.4 18.5 83 2.9 19.4 129 5 293.3 295.6 292.0 331.1 13.30 1 1000 156 22.2 17.9 76 4.3 19.3 135 14 295.4 297.7 292.4 332.8 13.02 2 950 601 19.4 15.1 76 4.3 16.6 146 18 296.9 299.0 291.7 330.0 11.43 3 900 1065 17.6 10.0 61 7.6 12.9 148 10 299.6 301.2 290.2 324.8 8.58 4 850 1552 14.6 9.4 71 5.2 11.4 120 4 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.4 8.77 5 800 2061 10.9 5.7 70 5.3 7.9 111 5 302.8 304.1 290.0 324.3 7.18 6 750 2599 10.3 -7.7 27 18.1 2.2 114 3 307.8 308.3 287.7 316.8 2.85 7 700 3169 7.7 -14.2 19 21.9 -0.9 240 4 311.0 311.4 287.8 317.0 1.82 8 650 3776 4.9 -20.1 14 25.0 -3.7 271 8 314.5 314.8 288.3 318.5 1.19 9 600 4425 2.5 -35.2 4 37.7 -6.8 294 10 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.32 10 550 5123 -1.1 -41.4 3 40.3 -9.6 306 11 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.18 11 500 5875 -6.6 -30.7 13 24.1 -12.6 298 15 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.59 12 450 6687 -13.1 -33.1 17 19.9 -17.4 292 20 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.52 13 400 7571 -20.3 -36.4 22 16.1 -23.1 287 22 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.42 14 350 8545 -27.9 -37.8 38 9.9 -29.3 294 31 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.42 15 300 9633 -36.0 -46.0 35 10.0 -36.8 288 33 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 16 250 10874 -45.3 -45.8 95 0.5 -45.3 289 45 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.7 0.25 17 200 12331 -55.6 -55.7 99 0.1 -55.6 292 70 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.10 18 150 14108 -65.4 -74.8 26 9.3 -65.5 299 58 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16545 -71.0 -83.6 14 12.6 -71.1 300 27 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.84 m Freezing level: 565.07 mb = 4912.47 m = 16116.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.83 mb = 3007.44 m = 9866.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.95 mb = 393.74 m = 1291.79 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 10.65 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1707.60 m = 5602.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 16.02 C K Index: 8.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5468.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.08 mb = 1044.98 m = 3428.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -26.0 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 46.39 m/s