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: 34.25,-90.99 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -90.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 46 SFC 1000 50 27.7 14.0 43 13.7 18.7 203 9 300.9 302.7 291.9 330.7 10.12 2 950 501 26.4 13.0 43 13.4 17.7 204 26 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.7 9.95 3 900 975 22.2 12.4 54 9.8 15.8 206 31 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.5 10.10 4 850 1468 17.6 11.6 68 6.0 13.8 205 35 304.6 306.5 293.0 335.0 10.15 5 800 1983 12.9 10.5 86 2.3 11.4 206 39 304.9 306.8 293.0 335.0 10.05 6 750 2522 8.7 8.5 98 0.2 8.6 216 40 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.1 9.31 7 700 3091 6.2 4.6 89 1.6 5.3 229 39 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.7 7.61 8 650 3696 3.0 -1.4 73 4.4 0.8 230 40 312.4 313.4 291.5 329.1 5.33 9 600 4340 -1.0 -8.3 58 7.3 -4.1 227 42 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.0 3.41 10 550 5030 -5.0 -11.0 63 5.9 -7.5 227 47 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.0 3.01 11 500 5773 -9.6 -10.7 92 1.1 -10.1 233 52 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.39 12 450 6579 -14.5 -15.5 91 1.1 -14.9 234 56 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.7 2.53 13 400 7463 -20.0 -21.2 90 1.2 -20.3 236 64 329.0 329.4 293.1 335.2 1.76 14 350 8440 -26.7 -28.0 88 1.4 -26.9 243 66 332.8 333.0 293.5 336.7 1.09 15 300 9535 -34.2 -34.4 98 0.2 -34.2 247 61 337.2 337.4 294.3 339.8 0.69 16 250 10789 -42.9 -43.2 96 0.4 -42.9 250 62 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.33 17 200 12254 -54.3 -56.2 79 1.9 -54.4 250 64 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.09 18 150 14063 -62.7 -77.8 11 15.1 -62.8 253 60 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16504 -70.3 -83.3 13 13.0 -70.4 255 33 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.35 m Freezing level: 612.10 mb = 4184.58 m = 13728.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.31 mb = 3792.12 m = 12441.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.78 mb = 1785.77 m = 5858.76 ft T: 14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.89 mb = 2379.69 m = 7807.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4222.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.30 mb = 2095.34 m = 6874.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 237.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 65.65 m/s