MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.80,-85.87 Latitude: 30.80 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 47 21.9 20.9 94 1.0 21.2 234 6 294.4 297.2 294.1 339.0 15.60 1 1000 121 21.5 20.3 92 1.3 20.6 232 10 294.7 297.4 293.8 338.0 15.13 2 950 565 19.5 18.3 93 1.2 18.7 234 23 297.0 299.5 293.7 337.6 14.07 3 900 1030 17.1 16.5 96 0.6 16.7 240 28 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.7 13.22 4 850 1517 14.6 14.5 99 0.2 14.5 246 31 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.6 12.27 5 800 2028 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 253 31 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.1 11.03 6 750 2568 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 263 32 307.0 308.7 293.3 335.9 9.57 7 700 3138 6.3 4.4 88 1.8 5.2 267 33 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.5 7.53 8 650 3743 2.9 0.5 84 2.4 1.6 264 35 312.3 313.4 292.1 331.3 6.11 9 600 4387 -0.4 -4.7 73 4.3 -2.5 264 36 315.6 316.5 291.7 330.0 4.48 10 550 5078 -4.4 -9.8 66 5.4 -6.7 261 40 318.8 319.5 291.6 329.6 3.30 11 500 5822 -8.7 -12.6 73 3.9 -10.2 258 41 322.5 323.0 292.3 332.2 2.91 12 450 6631 -13.1 -15.7 81 2.6 -14.0 250 38 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.3 2.51 13 400 7519 -18.3 -19.4 91 1.1 -18.6 240 37 331.2 331.6 293.9 338.4 2.06 14 350 8502 -24.6 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.6 232 36 335.6 335.9 294.6 340.9 1.48 15 300 9606 -32.3 -32.3 99 0.1 -32.3 225 34 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.1 0.85 16 250 10866 -41.9 -42.6 93 0.7 -42.0 227 38 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.1 0.36 17 200 12336 -54.4 -55.8 84 1.4 -54.5 233 41 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.10 18 150 14126 -65.7 -72.1 40 6.5 -65.7 252 51 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16540 -72.2 -83.2 18 11.0 -72.2 255 24 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.13 m Freezing level: 606.41 mb = 4304.61 m = 14122.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.47 mb = 3988.23 m = 13084.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.69 mb = 175.95 m = 577.26 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.14 mb = 849.26 m = 2786.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.56 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.46 mb = 633.95 m = 2079.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.46 mb = 1950.11 m = 6397.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.46 mb = 7018.49 m = 23026.26 ft B at Equ Level: 146.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.46 mb = 9430.45 m = 30939.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 53.73 m/s