MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.42,-90.59 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 73 23.8 20.2 80 3.6 21.3 219 10 296.3 299.0 294.1 339.4 14.95 1 1000 138 22.5 19.5 83 3.0 20.4 221 14 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.0 14.39 2 950 583 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 235 19 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.3 13.87 3 900 1048 17.0 15.5 91 1.6 16.0 261 24 299.1 301.3 293.1 335.2 12.38 4 850 1534 13.8 13.5 98 0.4 13.6 261 23 300.6 302.8 292.9 334.4 11.49 5 800 2044 11.7 10.4 91 1.3 10.9 262 25 303.6 305.5 292.6 333.3 9.94 6 750 2584 9.4 6.4 82 2.9 7.6 261 26 306.7 308.3 292.0 331.3 8.09 7 700 3153 6.1 2.5 78 3.6 4.1 258 29 309.2 310.5 291.5 329.4 6.55 8 650 3757 2.3 -2.9 69 5.2 -0.3 257 32 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.5 4.76 9 600 4399 -1.8 -11.9 46 10.1 -5.8 258 34 314.0 314.5 289.5 322.3 2.55 10 550 5085 -5.8 -27.9 16 22.1 -11.5 269 39 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.7 0.70 11 500 5825 -10.4 -35.1 11 24.7 -15.4 268 45 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.7 0.39 12 450 6625 -17.0 -37.7 15 20.7 -20.5 267 49 321.9 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.33 13 400 7496 -24.3 -43.8 15 19.6 -26.6 267 50 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.20 14 350 8452 -32.7 -40.8 44 8.2 -33.6 279 54 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.31 15 300 9521 -39.8 -51.1 29 11.4 -40.4 264 65 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.12 16 250 10746 -47.4 -57.7 30 10.3 -47.8 257 77 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.06 17 200 12195 -55.3 -67.1 22 11.8 -55.5 266 66 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13993 -61.9 -78.2 10 16.2 -62.1 271 80 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16474 -66.5 -83.6 7 17.1 -66.6 258 35 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.50 m Freezing level: 622.35 mb = 4111.82 m = 13490.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.11 mb = 3718.07 m = 12198.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.69 mb = 531.10 m = 1742.45 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 19.70 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 995.65 m = 3266.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 895.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.84 mb = 730.42 m = 2396.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.84 mb = 1445.86 m = 4743.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 758.84 mb = 2485.68 m = 8155.03 ft B at Equ Level: 16.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.84 mb = 13635.63 m = 44735.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 19.35 Bulk Shear: 46.27 m/s