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 the city database file for: KBIX ... 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: KBIX Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 24.6 20.5 78 4.2 21.7 158 7 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.6 15.15 1 1000 112 24.7 19.8 74 4.9 21.3 160 13 297.9 300.5 294.4 340.6 14.73 2 950 561 21.1 18.1 83 2.9 19.1 166 20 298.6 301.1 294.1 339.0 13.90 3 900 1027 18.2 14.4 78 3.9 15.7 176 21 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.0 11.50 4 850 1516 15.7 12.5 82 3.1 13.6 190 18 302.5 304.5 292.9 334.5 10.80 5 800 2030 13.2 11.9 92 1.2 12.4 207 20 305.2 307.2 293.9 338.2 11.02 6 750 2571 10.9 5.3 68 5.6 7.6 217 21 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.3 7.48 7 700 3145 8.3 0.7 59 7.6 4.2 221 19 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.6 5.75 8 650 3754 5.3 -4.4 49 9.7 0.5 223 18 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.5 4.23 9 600 4404 1.7 -8.4 47 10.1 -2.9 232 19 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.2 3.38 10 550 5100 -2.6 -8.2 65 5.7 -5.1 235 22 321.0 321.8 292.6 333.3 3.74 11 500 5850 -7.4 -9.8 82 2.5 -8.4 244 24 324.1 324.8 293.3 336.1 3.63 12 450 6663 -11.8 -19.3 54 7.4 -14.3 257 26 328.4 328.7 293.0 334.8 1.85 13 400 7557 -17.0 -34.5 20 17.5 -20.5 249 21 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.51 14 350 8542 -25.3 -36.8 33 11.6 -27.1 255 21 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.46 15 300 9640 -34.4 -35.1 93 0.7 -34.5 273 34 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.3 0.64 16 250 10891 -43.0 -43.0 100 -0.0 -43.0 256 43 342.1 342.1 295.1 343.4 0.34 17 200 12361 -53.0 -65.5 21 12.5 -53.2 274 47 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14165 -64.6 -76.1 19 11.5 -64.7 270 33 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16565 -75.0 -83.0 28 8.0 -75.0 263 12 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.24 m Freezing level: 579.80 mb = 4684.80 m = 15369.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.32 mb = 3850.34 m = 12632.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.50 mb = 546.93 m = 1794.38 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1329.52 m = 4361.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: 27.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.43 mb = 937.46 m = 3075.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 504.43 mb = 5780.06 m = 18963.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 484.43 mb = 6093.81 m = 19992.57 ft B at Equ Level: 8.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 444.43 mb = 6757.72 m = 22170.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 109.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 32.76 m/s