MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.30,-90.93 Latitude: 34.30 Longitude: -90.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 51 31.5 12.6 32 18.9 19.2 194 14 304.6 306.3 292.3 332.2 9.21 1 1000 60 31.1 12.3 32 18.8 18.9 194 14 304.3 305.9 292.0 331.3 9.02 2 950 515 26.1 10.9 39 15.2 16.5 195 25 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.6 8.67 3 900 987 21.6 10.0 48 11.5 14.4 195 26 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.5 8.61 4 850 1479 16.8 9.1 60 7.7 12.1 195 26 303.8 305.4 291.6 329.5 8.58 5 800 1992 12.0 8.1 77 3.9 9.6 195 26 303.9 305.5 291.5 329.3 8.49 6 750 2530 9.8 4.0 67 5.8 6.5 210 29 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.0 6.82 7 700 3101 7.8 -2.4 49 10.1 2.6 218 31 311.1 311.9 290.4 325.5 4.59 8 650 3709 4.6 -7.8 40 12.4 -1.0 218 31 314.1 314.8 290.2 324.6 3.26 9 600 4355 -0.2 -8.5 53 8.4 -3.8 215 30 315.9 316.6 290.8 326.8 3.35 10 550 5046 -4.4 -13.7 48 9.3 -8.0 215 31 318.8 319.3 290.8 326.8 2.41 11 500 5790 -9.8 -16.9 56 7.2 -12.2 222 36 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.0 2.03 12 450 6595 -14.2 -31.9 21 17.6 -18.0 228 43 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.59 13 400 7480 -19.0 -40.7 13 21.7 -22.5 234 48 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.27 14 350 8459 -26.7 -41.1 24 14.4 -28.6 239 53 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.9 0.30 15 300 9551 -35.8 -40.6 61 4.9 -36.3 243 60 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.4 0.37 16 250 10791 -45.4 -45.6 98 0.2 -45.4 250 66 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12251 -52.7 -62.3 30 9.6 -52.9 257 75 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14069 -62.8 -77.9 11 15.0 -63.0 253 65 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16499 -70.8 -83.2 14 12.4 -70.9 262 40 390.9 390.9 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.77 m Freezing level: 601.63 mb = 4334.19 m = 14219.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.13 mb = 3532.64 m = 11589.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.59 mb = 2412.93 m = 7916.33 ft T: 10.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.09 mb = 3447.12 m = 11309.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.75 C = 103.56 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 25.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5090.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.97 mb = 2419.76 m = 7938.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 16.88 m/s