MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.57,-89.81 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 997 113 23.6 18.6 73 5.0 20.2 176 13 297.1 299.5 293.4 336.6 13.66 2 950 532 20.6 17.8 84 2.8 18.7 181 32 298.1 300.5 293.7 337.6 13.61 3 900 999 18.9 16.0 83 2.9 17.0 197 40 301.0 303.3 294.0 338.6 12.82 4 850 1490 16.7 13.6 82 3.1 14.7 206 35 303.6 305.8 293.9 338.1 11.60 5 800 2005 13.4 11.2 86 2.2 12.0 215 34 305.4 307.3 293.5 336.8 10.48 6 750 2546 10.6 6.8 77 3.8 8.3 225 32 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.2 8.27 7 700 3120 8.5 0.2 56 8.3 4.1 237 33 311.9 312.9 291.5 329.3 5.57 8 650 3729 4.9 -1.5 63 6.4 1.5 234 35 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.2 5.27 9 600 4377 0.6 -2.5 80 3.1 -1.0 233 38 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.7 5.30 10 550 5070 -4.0 -6.9 81 2.9 -5.3 237 42 319.3 320.1 292.5 332.8 4.16 11 500 5816 -8.8 -12.1 77 3.3 -10.1 239 44 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.4 3.02 12 450 6625 -13.6 -17.1 75 3.4 -14.8 238 44 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.7 2.23 13 400 7511 -19.3 -25.1 60 5.8 -20.8 239 48 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.4 1.24 14 350 8489 -26.5 -33.9 50 7.3 -27.8 243 56 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.3 0.62 15 300 9584 -34.6 -40.6 54 6.0 -35.3 247 60 336.7 336.7 293.9 338.1 0.37 16 250 10834 -43.4 -47.2 66 3.8 -43.6 245 50 341.6 341.6 294.9 342.5 0.22 17 200 12303 -52.9 -61.7 34 8.7 -53.2 253 61 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14109 -64.1 -76.5 17 12.5 -64.1 251 49 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16534 -71.4 -83.1 16 11.7 -71.4 243 32 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.84 m Freezing level: 593.48 mb = 4467.59 m = 14657.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.38 mb = 4119.64 m = 13515.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.17 mb = 751.87 m = 2466.73 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1683.25 m = 5522.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 30.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.76 mb = 992.13 m = 3254.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.76 mb = 4568.46 m = 14988.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.76 mb = 8784.34 m = 28819.66 ft B at Equ Level: 102.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.76 mb = 10677.43 m = 35030.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 304.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 85.27 m/s