MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 99 SFC 998 113 20.7 19.7 94 1.1 20.0 240 9 294.0 296.6 293.2 335.7 14.60 2 950 542 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 229 23 296.0 298.5 293.4 336.6 14.10 3 900 1007 17.6 16.0 91 1.6 16.5 239 38 299.6 301.9 293.6 337.1 12.81 4 850 1494 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.2 242 43 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.5 11.75 5 800 2006 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.5 245 44 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.3 10.55 6 750 2545 9.0 8.5 97 0.5 8.7 247 43 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.4 9.33 7 700 3114 6.1 5.8 98 0.3 5.9 246 42 309.2 310.8 292.9 334.5 8.28 8 650 3718 2.6 2.3 97 0.4 2.4 243 42 311.9 313.3 292.7 333.5 6.94 9 600 4362 -1.6 -3.2 89 1.6 -2.4 240 43 314.3 315.2 291.8 330.3 5.06 10 550 5049 -5.7 -9.1 77 3.4 -7.1 237 43 317.3 318.0 291.3 328.7 3.48 11 500 5790 -9.9 -15.4 64 5.5 -11.8 231 45 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.31 12 450 6596 -14.0 -17.8 72 3.9 -15.3 234 48 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.8 2.09 13 400 7481 -19.3 -22.6 76 3.2 -20.3 237 48 329.9 330.2 293.2 335.4 1.56 14 350 8461 -25.6 -27.0 88 1.4 -25.9 243 48 334.3 334.5 294.0 338.6 1.20 15 300 9561 -33.9 -33.9 100 -0.0 -34.0 252 39 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.72 16 250 10808 -44.4 -44.4 100 0.0 -44.5 247 41 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.29 17 200 12278 -51.9 -67.5 14 15.6 -52.2 254 63 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14085 -64.3 -76.2 18 11.8 -64.4 250 51 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16520 -71.9 -83.1 17 11.3 -71.9 237 35 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.67 m Freezing level: 618.88 mb = 4118.77 m = 13512.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.79 mb = 4036.22 m = 13242.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.34 mb = 244.08 m = 800.77 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 2.61 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1099.81 m = 3608.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.91 mb = 661.49 m = 2170.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.91 mb = 2090.94 m = 6859.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.91 mb = 7260.87 m = 23821.46 ft B at Equ Level: 212.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.91 mb = 10489.62 m = 34414.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 191.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 72.72 m/s