MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.79,-92.62 Latitude: 30.79 Longitude: -92.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 37 27.5 21.9 72 5.6 23.5 185 11 300.2 303.3 296.4 349.1 16.67 1 1000 80 26.7 21.0 71 5.7 22.6 185 15 299.9 302.7 295.8 346.3 15.87 2 950 532 22.6 19.5 82 3.1 20.4 187 21 300.1 302.9 295.4 344.5 15.15 3 900 1001 19.0 17.9 93 1.1 18.2 190 22 301.1 303.8 295.2 343.7 14.48 4 850 1492 16.6 15.7 95 0.9 16.0 196 23 303.5 306.0 295.1 343.2 13.35 5 800 2007 14.3 13.0 92 1.3 13.5 202 22 306.4 308.6 294.8 342.1 11.88 6 750 2552 11.6 10.3 92 1.2 10.8 208 23 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.4 10.58 7 700 3127 8.2 7.4 94 0.9 7.7 214 23 311.6 313.3 294.3 340.1 9.24 8 650 3736 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 224 24 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.5 7.20 9 600 4384 0.5 -3.5 75 4.0 -1.5 233 27 316.7 317.7 292.4 332.5 4.94 10 550 5078 -3.2 -9.7 61 6.5 -6.0 234 31 320.2 320.9 292.0 331.2 3.33 11 500 5826 -7.2 -16.4 48 9.2 -10.5 237 31 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.5 2.12 12 450 6641 -11.5 -23.2 37 11.7 -15.0 246 35 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.4 1.31 13 400 7533 -17.7 -29.9 33 12.3 -20.5 248 41 332.0 332.2 293.0 334.9 0.80 14 350 8517 -25.4 -36.2 36 10.8 -27.2 251 45 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.49 15 300 9614 -34.4 -42.8 42 8.4 -35.3 255 48 336.9 336.9 293.8 338.0 0.29 16 250 10866 -42.1 -51.6 35 9.5 -42.7 260 48 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.0 0.13 17 200 12341 -52.9 -60.5 40 7.5 -53.1 258 44 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.06 18 150 14139 -65.5 -74.9 26 9.4 -65.6 253 48 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16546 -74.4 -82.5 27 8.1 -74.5 278 20 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.81 m Freezing level: 593.13 mb = 4479.20 m = 14695.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.89 mb = 4185.42 m = 13731.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.57 mb = 748.16 m = 2454.58 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1105.63 m = 3627.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.15 mb = 931.96 m = 3057.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.15 mb = 2197.65 m = 7210.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.15 mb = 11077.04 m = 36341.55 ft B at Equ Level: 682.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.15 mb = 14458.24 m = 47434.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 29.90 Bulk Shear: 22.99 m/s