MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 30.78,-90.78 Latitude: 30.78 Longitude: -90.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 61 23.0 20.3 85 2.7 21.1 193 8 296.0 298.7 294.1 339.4 15.10 1 1000 82 22.6 19.7 84 2.9 20.6 196 11 295.8 298.4 293.7 337.7 14.60 2 950 527 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 203 24 296.2 298.6 293.0 334.9 13.44 3 900 990 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 15.0 213 35 298.5 300.5 292.1 331.4 11.33 4 850 1476 13.9 10.7 81 3.2 12.0 213 38 300.8 302.5 291.4 329.0 9.57 5 800 1985 11.3 4.0 61 7.3 7.3 210 39 303.2 304.4 289.5 322.4 6.38 6 750 2521 8.2 -4.0 42 12.2 2.4 212 38 305.5 306.2 287.8 317.2 3.80 7 700 3087 4.2 -4.7 52 9.0 0.1 218 34 307.2 307.9 288.5 319.1 3.84 8 650 3686 0.2 -4.3 72 4.5 -1.9 220 35 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.6 4.29 9 600 4323 -4.0 -6.6 82 2.6 -5.2 219 40 311.4 312.2 289.9 323.7 3.89 10 550 5004 -7.9 -16.0 52 8.1 -10.6 218 45 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.3 2.00 11 500 5739 -11.7 -24.7 33 13.0 -15.1 222 48 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.3 1.03 12 450 6539 -16.2 -29.2 32 13.0 -19.0 221 47 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.6 0.76 13 400 7417 -21.4 -34.4 30 13.1 -23.7 228 47 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.1 0.52 14 350 8387 -28.5 -34.3 57 5.8 -29.4 228 53 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.5 0.60 15 300 9471 -37.8 -37.8 100 0.0 -37.8 230 59 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.0 0.49 16 250 10700 -47.4 -49.7 77 2.3 -47.5 234 59 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 17 200 12147 -55.5 -64.0 34 8.5 -55.7 231 71 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13952 -61.9 -78.7 9 16.8 -62.0 247 61 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16422 -67.4 -83.3 9 15.9 -67.5 251 38 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.99 m Freezing level: 647.81 mb = 3713.53 m = 12183.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.03 mb = 3109.54 m = 10201.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.47 mb = 404.80 m = 1328.07 ft T: 19.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 22.22 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 953.13 m = 3127.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 27.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 509.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.55 mb = 741.08 m = 2431.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.55 mb = 1864.84 m = 6118.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.55 mb = 10142.73 m = 33276.28 ft B at Equ Level: 506.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.55 mb = 12754.10 m = 41843.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 149.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 8.74 Bulk Shear: 58.32 m/s