MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 28.38,-90.2 Latitude: 28.38 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 26.9 23.1 80 3.8 24.1 159 15 299.0 302.3 296.8 351.0 17.82 1 1000 106 25.8 21.7 78 4.2 22.8 160 17 299.0 302.0 296.0 347.1 16.52 2 950 556 21.7 20.5 93 1.2 20.9 163 18 299.2 302.1 295.8 346.4 16.19 3 900 1025 19.1 17.2 89 1.9 17.8 173 18 301.2 303.8 294.8 342.0 13.86 4 850 1516 17.0 13.0 77 4.0 14.4 176 17 304.0 306.1 293.6 337.3 11.17 5 800 2032 14.9 8.7 66 6.2 11.0 182 14 307.0 308.6 292.7 333.8 8.84 6 750 2576 12.2 3.8 57 8.4 7.3 193 11 309.8 311.0 291.8 330.5 6.71 7 700 3151 9.1 1.7 60 7.3 5.0 212 10 312.5 313.7 292.2 331.9 6.21 8 650 3762 5.5 -0.4 66 5.8 2.4 227 13 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.3 5.74 9 600 4412 1.6 -3.6 69 5.2 -1.0 235 17 318.0 318.9 292.7 333.7 4.90 10 550 5108 -2.3 -9.7 57 7.4 -5.5 236 20 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.4 3.34 11 500 5861 -5.8 -13.0 57 7.2 -8.8 251 18 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.4 2.80 12 450 6678 -11.1 -18.6 54 7.5 -13.6 260 20 329.3 329.7 293.3 336.1 1.96 13 400 7572 -17.2 -23.6 57 6.4 -19.0 269 22 332.7 333.0 293.8 337.8 1.43 14 350 8559 -24.5 -30.8 56 6.2 -25.8 275 28 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.8 0.84 15 300 9662 -32.8 -36.8 68 4.0 -33.4 283 29 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.2 0.54 16 250 10921 -41.6 -48.0 50 6.4 -42.1 270 34 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.20 17 200 12395 -53.7 -60.0 46 6.3 -53.8 268 41 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14190 -65.4 -74.9 26 9.4 -65.5 260 34 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16579 -75.8 -82.5 34 6.7 -75.9 253 11 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.50 m Freezing level: 579.27 mb = 4700.69 m = 15422.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.62 mb = 4216.41 m = 13833.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.80 mb = 484.44 m = 1589.35 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.55 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 918.19 m = 3012.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.54 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 28.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 582.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.44 mb = 745.80 m = 2446.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.44 mb = 2526.04 m = 8287.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.44 mb = 11345.46 m = 37222.18 ft B at Equ Level: 581.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.44 mb = 14835.52 m = 48672.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -8.2 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 26.00 Bulk Shear: 22.42 m/s