MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.64,-89.50 Latitude: 30.64 Longitude: -89.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 47 20.8 20.6 99 0.1 20.7 243 3 293.3 296.1 293.6 337.1 15.37 1 1000 107 21.4 20.8 97 0.6 21.0 238 7 294.5 297.4 294.2 339.4 15.69 2 950 555 21.6 17.9 80 3.7 19.1 247 25 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.1 13.72 3 900 1022 18.3 16.0 87 2.3 16.7 248 26 300.3 302.7 293.8 337.8 12.79 4 850 1511 15.6 14.8 95 0.7 15.1 251 28 302.5 304.8 294.3 339.7 12.58 5 800 2025 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 252 29 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.7 11.25 6 750 2566 10.3 6.6 78 3.6 8.1 251 30 307.7 309.3 292.4 332.6 8.19 7 700 3137 6.8 -3.5 48 10.3 1.7 250 28 310.0 310.8 289.7 323.2 4.20 8 650 3741 2.3 -4.9 59 7.2 -1.1 253 24 311.6 312.4 290.1 324.5 4.10 9 600 4384 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.0 -4.0 248 26 315.1 315.7 290.7 326.4 3.51 10 550 5074 -3.9 -18.1 32 14.2 -8.8 240 34 319.4 319.8 290.3 325.1 1.67 11 500 5820 -8.3 -24.9 25 16.6 -12.9 244 37 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 1.01 12 450 6629 -13.4 -27.7 29 14.3 -17.0 251 41 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.87 13 400 7515 -19.5 -32.2 31 12.7 -22.0 246 44 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.64 14 350 8493 -26.4 -38.2 32 11.8 -28.2 241 52 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.40 15 300 9589 -34.1 -43.0 40 8.9 -35.0 244 53 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.29 16 250 10842 -41.5 -60.1 12 18.5 -42.4 250 51 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 17 200 12319 -53.1 -67.4 16 14.3 -53.4 242 46 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14114 -64.8 -75.7 21 10.9 -64.9 253 53 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16532 -71.6 -83.2 16 11.6 -71.7 258 29 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.60 m Freezing level: 614.09 mb = 4202.50 m = 13787.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.44 mb = 3500.67 m = 11484.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.58 mb = 59.42 m = 194.93 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1219.51 m = 4000.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 28.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.18 mb = 802.56 m = 2633.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.18 mb = 2810.49 m = 9220.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.18 mb = 9170.47 m = 30086.49 ft B at Equ Level: 279.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.18 mb = 11446.45 m = 37553.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 84.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 24.30 m/s