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: 30.23,-89.65 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 14 25.1 20.6 76 4.5 21.9 156 9 297.3 300.1 294.7 341.7 15.31 1 1000 108 24.8 20.0 74 4.9 21.4 158 15 298.0 300.7 294.6 341.0 14.84 2 950 557 21.7 18.1 80 3.6 19.2 169 22 299.3 301.8 294.3 339.8 13.90 3 900 1025 18.4 16.9 91 1.4 17.4 180 21 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.4 13.62 4 850 1514 15.8 14.7 93 1.1 15.1 193 21 302.7 305.0 294.3 339.7 12.50 5 800 2028 13.6 11.4 87 2.1 12.2 202 22 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.6 10.68 6 750 2571 11.1 6.4 73 4.7 8.3 214 19 308.6 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.06 7 700 3144 8.1 3.3 72 4.8 5.4 225 18 311.4 312.7 292.5 332.9 6.94 8 650 3753 4.8 0.4 73 4.5 2.4 230 19 314.4 315.6 292.7 333.5 6.05 9 600 4402 1.1 -2.0 80 3.0 -0.5 231 20 317.4 318.4 293.0 335.0 5.53 10 550 5098 -3.0 -4.1 92 1.1 -3.6 232 23 320.5 321.6 293.6 337.2 5.14 11 500 5848 -7.2 -8.6 89 1.4 -7.8 238 23 324.3 325.1 293.7 337.6 4.00 12 450 6663 -11.6 -15.5 73 3.9 -13.0 253 23 328.6 329.1 293.7 337.3 2.54 13 400 7555 -17.5 -23.7 58 6.2 -19.2 244 17 332.3 332.6 293.7 337.3 1.41 14 350 8540 -25.4 -26.7 89 1.3 -25.7 258 22 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.9 1.23 15 300 9641 -33.3 -33.5 97 0.3 -33.3 256 36 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.75 16 250 10893 -43.3 -43.6 96 0.4 -43.3 255 42 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.32 17 200 12362 -53.5 -62.7 31 9.3 -53.7 270 50 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14165 -64.5 -76.1 19 11.6 -64.6 271 36 359.0 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16566 -74.7 -82.9 27 8.2 -74.7 255 12 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.61 m Freezing level: 586.83 mb = 4585.44 m = 15043.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.66 mb = 4285.94 m = 14061.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.03 mb = 583.87 m = 1915.56 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1254.33 m = 4115.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.27 mb = 935.89 m = 3070.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.27 mb = 3824.81 m = 12548.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.27 mb = 6759.63 m = 22177.01 ft B at Equ Level: 53.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.27 mb = 11045.47 m = 36237.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 34.85 m/s