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: 31.32,-85.79 Latitude: 31.32 Longitude: -85.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 90 20.4 20.0 98 0.4 20.2 194 4 293.2 295.9 293.2 335.5 14.85 1 1000 126 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 19.9 196 4 293.4 296.1 293.1 335.2 14.68 2 950 568 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 229 17 296.2 298.7 293.4 336.2 13.90 3 900 1032 16.7 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 254 20 298.7 301.0 293.3 336.2 12.88 4 850 1519 14.4 14.0 97 0.4 14.1 261 25 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.2 11.88 5 800 2031 11.8 11.5 98 0.4 11.6 263 28 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.6 10.70 6 750 2570 9.0 7.8 93 1.1 8.3 265 31 306.3 308.0 292.6 333.2 8.91 7 700 3138 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 262 34 308.9 310.1 291.4 329.0 6.54 8 650 3742 2.8 -1.7 72 4.5 0.5 259 37 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.4 5.21 9 600 4387 -0.3 -9.0 52 8.7 -4.1 260 40 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.2 3.22 10 550 5077 -4.6 -15.4 42 10.8 -8.5 261 45 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.6 2.09 11 500 5821 -9.2 -17.9 49 8.7 -12.1 258 48 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.87 12 450 6628 -14.1 -19.6 63 5.5 -15.8 245 49 325.5 325.9 292.2 331.7 1.80 13 400 7513 -19.2 -23.2 70 4.1 -20.3 233 48 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.3 1.47 14 350 8494 -25.4 -27.9 80 2.5 -26.0 222 50 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.5 1.10 15 300 9595 -32.9 -34.4 86 1.5 -33.1 214 48 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.7 0.69 16 250 10853 -42.2 -44.9 75 2.7 -42.4 214 49 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.5 0.28 17 200 12322 -54.2 -58.5 59 4.3 -54.3 230 55 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.07 18 150 14114 -64.8 -75.3 22 10.6 -64.8 250 53 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16538 -71.7 -83.2 16 11.5 -71.8 247 23 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.25 m Freezing level: 604.97 mb = 4322.64 m = 14181.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.66 mb = 3808.62 m = 12495.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.64 mb = 137.25 m = 450.30 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.39 mb = 793.71 m = 2604.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.56 mb = 608.69 m = 1997.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.56 mb = 2236.07 m = 7336.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.56 mb = 7136.24 m = 23412.57 ft B at Equ Level: 95.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 330.56 mb = 8902.15 m = 29206.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 85.00 m/s