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: 30.99,-93.25 Latitude: 30.99 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 23.8 21.8 88 2.0 22.4 170 5 296.9 299.9 295.6 345.1 16.67 1 1000 76 24.4 21.7 85 2.7 22.5 172 5 297.5 300.5 295.6 345.4 16.53 2 950 527 23.7 19.1 75 4.6 20.5 196 25 301.3 304.0 295.5 344.9 14.84 3 900 998 20.1 17.4 85 2.6 18.3 209 25 302.2 304.8 295.2 343.8 14.07 4 850 1490 16.8 15.2 90 1.6 15.7 224 24 303.8 306.2 294.8 342.1 12.89 5 800 2006 14.5 11.9 84 2.6 12.9 233 25 306.7 308.7 294.3 339.8 11.02 6 750 2550 11.8 8.2 79 3.6 9.6 235 24 309.4 311.1 293.7 337.3 9.16 7 700 3126 9.2 1.5 59 7.7 4.9 239 24 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.8 6.11 8 650 3736 5.2 -4.5 50 9.7 0.5 242 27 314.8 315.7 291.2 328.3 4.22 9 600 4385 0.9 -6.1 59 7.0 -2.4 247 33 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.2 4.04 10 550 5078 -3.5 -12.8 49 9.2 -7.2 251 38 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.5 2.61 11 500 5824 -8.5 -24.2 27 15.7 -13.0 257 41 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.08 12 450 6634 -12.6 -24.7 36 12.1 -15.9 247 47 327.4 327.6 292.1 331.5 1.15 13 400 7525 -17.8 -32.2 27 14.4 -20.8 251 56 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.3 0.64 14 350 8509 -25.3 -42.2 19 16.9 -27.6 255 62 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.27 15 300 9606 -34.3 -48.1 24 13.8 -35.5 255 60 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.16 16 250 10862 -41.3 -54.6 23 13.2 -42.1 258 54 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.09 17 200 12341 -52.1 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.5 267 53 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14144 -64.7 -75.3 22 10.7 -64.8 257 50 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16550 -72.3 -83.0 19 10.7 -72.3 247 23 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.42 m Freezing level: 589.72 mb = 4527.32 m = 14853.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.49 mb = 3842.79 m = 12607.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.97 mb = 326.08 m = 1069.80 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.09 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1325.52 m = 4348.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.96 mb = 988.91 m = 3244.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.96 mb = 2595.29 m = 8514.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.96 mb = 2707.92 m = 8884.15 ft B at Equ Level: 18.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.96 mb = 14305.84 m = 46934.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 189.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 11.90 Bulk Shear: 58.44 m/s