MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 30.06,-90.75 Latitude: 30.06 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 8 28.6 17.9 52 10.7 21.2 182 13 300.9 303.2 294.0 338.7 12.86 1 1000 97 27.2 17.3 55 9.9 20.4 183 19 300.4 302.6 293.6 337.1 12.52 2 950 547 22.8 16.3 67 6.4 18.4 184 22 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.6 12.38 3 900 1016 18.4 15.4 83 3.0 16.4 186 21 300.4 302.7 293.4 336.6 12.33 4 850 1503 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 193 20 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.8 11.84 5 800 2015 13.9 8.3 69 5.6 10.5 218 23 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.0 8.62 6 750 2558 11.0 6.9 76 4.1 8.6 226 26 308.5 310.1 292.8 334.0 8.36 7 700 3131 7.6 6.1 90 1.6 6.7 233 27 310.9 312.5 293.6 336.9 8.45 8 650 3739 4.6 -1.8 63 6.4 1.3 240 29 314.1 315.1 291.8 330.4 5.15 9 600 4388 1.6 -16.7 24 18.3 -5.1 245 28 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.8 1.73 10 550 5084 -1.9 -22.2 20 20.2 -8.4 252 27 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.9 1.17 11 500 5834 -6.7 -22.2 28 15.6 -11.5 262 29 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.4 1.28 12 450 6647 -12.7 -26.7 30 14.0 -16.3 268 34 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.7 0.96 13 400 7534 -19.4 -31.5 33 12.2 -21.9 275 33 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.68 14 350 8512 -27.1 -38.6 33 11.5 -28.7 284 33 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.39 15 300 9600 -36.8 -44.5 45 7.7 -37.5 286 36 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.24 16 250 10833 -47.1 -49.8 74 2.7 -47.2 298 40 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.16 17 200 12275 -57.6 -61.6 60 4.0 -57.6 294 41 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14059 -65.0 -75.0 24 10.0 -65.1 300 45 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16481 -69.9 -83.1 13 13.1 -70.0 276 29 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.74 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4705.31 m = 15437.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.21 mb = 3862.02 m = 12670.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.38 mb = 1360.15 m = 4462.39 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 4.63 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1429.10 m = 4688.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.37 mb = 1360.24 m = 4462.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 389.37 mb = 7731.36 m = 25365.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.37 mb = 10849.40 m = 35594.70 ft B at Equ Level: 46.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.37 mb = 11677.72 m = 38312.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 116.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 44.28 m/s