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: 30.40,-93.16 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 20 24.8 21.4 81 3.4 22.3 182 6 297.3 300.2 295.3 344.0 16.12 1 1000 83 25.7 20.9 75 4.9 22.3 185 12 298.9 301.7 295.4 344.6 15.71 2 950 534 22.9 19.4 81 3.5 20.5 196 21 300.4 303.2 295.4 344.7 15.09 3 900 1004 19.6 17.1 85 2.5 17.9 211 19 301.7 304.3 294.9 342.4 13.80 4 850 1496 17.4 12.2 72 5.1 14.0 223 22 304.3 306.3 293.3 335.9 10.58 5 800 2012 15.1 8.9 66 6.2 11.2 227 24 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.4 8.97 6 750 2557 12.1 6.8 70 5.3 8.9 231 23 309.7 311.3 293.1 335.1 8.29 7 700 3132 9.0 3.6 69 5.5 5.9 240 22 312.5 313.8 292.9 334.5 7.08 8 650 3743 5.6 -6.0 43 11.5 0.1 247 23 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.77 9 600 4392 1.3 -7.8 51 9.1 -2.9 249 27 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.1 3.54 10 550 5087 -3.1 -12.5 48 9.4 -6.9 251 32 320.4 320.9 291.5 329.2 2.65 11 500 5835 -7.5 -19.8 36 12.4 -11.5 257 36 323.9 324.3 291.6 329.4 1.59 12 450 6648 -11.7 -27.3 26 15.6 -15.8 252 42 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.7 0.90 13 400 7540 -17.5 -32.1 27 14.5 -20.6 256 48 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.6 0.65 14 350 8524 -25.5 -38.1 30 12.6 -27.4 259 52 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.41 15 300 9622 -34.4 -44.9 34 10.5 -35.4 256 53 336.9 336.9 293.8 337.8 0.23 16 250 10876 -41.5 -51.3 34 9.8 -42.1 265 50 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.14 17 200 12355 -52.5 -68.3 13 15.8 -52.8 268 48 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.8 0.02 18 150 14155 -64.6 -75.6 21 10.9 -64.7 256 45 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16554 -74.9 -82.6 29 7.7 -74.9 246 19 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.91 m Freezing level: 585.18 mb = 4598.16 m = 15085.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.66 mb = 3759.45 m = 12334.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.84 mb = 452.83 m = 1485.63 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1409.08 m = 4622.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.11 mb = 945.39 m = 3101.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.11 mb = 3237.70 m = 10622.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.11 mb = 10576.88 m = 34700.62 ft B at Equ Level: 537.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.11 mb = 13708.28 m = 44974.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 12.34 Bulk Shear: 43.59 m/s