MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 35.46,-90.83 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 998 68 22.9 15.4 63 7.5 18.0 194 11 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.4 11.12 2 950 496 23.6 12.7 50 10.9 16.6 212 36 301.2 303.0 291.7 330.0 9.78 3 900 966 19.8 11.2 58 8.6 14.4 221 37 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.5 9.32 4 850 1455 15.4 9.9 69 5.6 12.0 228 36 302.3 304.0 291.5 329.1 9.02 5 800 1965 10.7 8.4 85 2.4 9.3 231 35 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.4 8.66 6 750 2500 6.5 5.5 93 1.0 5.9 231 33 303.7 305.1 290.7 326.4 7.57 7 700 3065 4.2 -2.5 62 6.6 0.9 229 29 307.1 307.9 289.1 321.2 4.55 8 650 3664 0.6 -10.8 42 11.5 -4.0 234 28 309.7 310.1 288.1 317.9 2.57 9 600 4301 -3.4 -18.0 31 14.6 -8.2 243 29 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.3 1.54 10 550 4983 -7.7 -25.8 22 18.1 -12.5 243 33 314.9 315.1 288.1 317.8 0.85 11 500 5717 -12.4 -32.9 16 20.5 -16.6 241 37 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.6 0.48 12 450 6514 -17.0 -40.3 11 23.2 -20.7 242 36 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.8 0.25 13 400 7387 -22.9 -42.4 15 19.5 -25.5 246 39 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 14 350 8352 -29.6 -33.7 67 4.1 -30.2 261 40 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.2 0.64 15 300 9432 -38.2 -40.3 81 2.1 -38.5 257 48 331.5 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.38 16 250 10656 -49.2 -51.7 75 2.5 -49.4 261 53 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 17 200 12085 -59.2 -62.4 66 3.2 -59.2 262 60 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 18 150 13859 -63.2 -77.6 13 14.4 -63.3 247 58 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16344 -64.8 -84.0 5 19.2 -64.9 263 41 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.68 m Freezing level: 642.35 mb = 3761.10 m = 12339.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.76 mb = 3172.07 m = 10406.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.78 mb = 1024.85 m = 3362.32 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 12.75 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 2020.14 m = 6627.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 31.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.43 mb = 1722.20 m = 5650.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.43 mb = 2407.41 m = 7898.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.43 mb = 6707.23 m = 22005.07 ft B at Equ Level: 109.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.43 mb = 9238.16 m = 30308.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.5 neg: -21.6 tot: 192.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.37 Bulk Shear: 25.01 m/s