MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 30.40,-93.66 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 26 22.4 19.9 86 2.5 20.6 190 12 295.5 298.1 293.8 337.8 14.76 1 1000 33 22.5 19.7 84 2.8 20.6 191 11 295.7 298.3 293.7 337.6 14.60 2 950 479 19.7 18.1 90 1.6 18.7 188 35 297.2 299.7 293.7 337.4 13.90 3 900 944 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 193 43 298.6 300.9 293.6 336.9 13.17 4 850 1430 14.4 14.4 100 0.0 14.4 209 48 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.3 12.24 5 800 1942 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.5 222 49 304.5 306.7 294.0 338.7 11.45 6 750 2483 9.9 9.6 98 0.3 9.7 231 50 307.3 309.2 293.8 337.8 10.09 7 700 3054 6.8 4.7 86 2.1 5.6 230 49 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.7 7.69 8 650 3660 3.2 -1.2 73 4.5 0.9 228 52 312.6 313.6 291.6 329.5 5.38 9 600 4304 -1.1 -5.8 70 4.7 -3.3 234 57 314.9 315.7 291.2 328.1 4.14 10 550 4993 -5.2 -9.8 70 4.6 -7.1 239 60 317.9 318.6 291.3 328.7 3.32 11 500 5736 -9.3 -14.8 65 5.4 -11.3 239 62 321.7 322.1 291.7 329.8 2.43 12 450 6542 -14.7 -21.5 56 6.8 -16.7 243 63 324.8 325.1 291.7 330.1 1.52 13 400 7422 -21.4 -26.3 65 4.9 -22.5 248 66 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.1 1.12 14 350 8391 -29.1 -30.5 88 1.4 -29.4 245 70 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.6 0.86 15 300 9474 -36.7 -38.2 86 1.4 -36.9 239 72 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.47 16 250 10715 -44.9 -47.9 72 3.0 -45.1 238 73 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.20 17 200 12167 -56.1 -59.6 65 3.5 -56.2 252 74 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 13957 -63.0 -76.9 14 13.9 -63.1 258 67 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16414 -67.8 -83.7 9 16.0 -67.9 270 35 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.74 m Freezing level: 612.48 mb = 4142.91 m = 13592.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.20 mb = 3794.46 m = 12448.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.24 mb = 340.62 m = 1117.51 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 10.60 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 797.55 m = 2616.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.69 mb = 673.98 m = 2211.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.69 mb = 1003.45 m = 3292.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.69 mb = 1492.88 m = 4897.86 ft B at Equ Level: 11.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.69 mb = 2664.70 m = 8742.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 4.1 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 523.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 519.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 2.73 Bulk Shear: 155.66 m/s