MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.92,-89.97 Latitude: 29.92 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 3 24.9 21.9 84 3.0 22.8 169 10 297.0 300.0 295.5 344.9 16.58 1 1000 108 24.4 21.4 84 3.0 22.3 170 16 297.5 300.5 295.4 344.7 16.26 2 950 557 21.4 19.2 87 2.2 19.9 181 26 298.9 301.7 294.9 342.4 14.91 3 900 1025 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.7 193 25 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.2 13.58 4 850 1516 16.8 13.6 82 3.2 14.7 200 24 303.7 305.9 293.9 338.3 11.61 5 800 2032 14.3 10.6 78 3.7 12.0 204 21 306.4 308.3 293.5 336.8 10.09 6 750 2575 11.6 7.3 75 4.3 9.0 208 19 309.1 310.7 293.2 335.3 8.58 7 700 3150 8.3 5.7 84 2.5 6.8 219 19 311.7 313.2 293.6 337.2 8.26 8 650 3759 4.7 3.1 89 1.6 3.8 234 23 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.3 7.36 9 600 4408 0.6 -1.0 89 1.6 -0.2 242 25 316.9 318.0 293.3 335.8 5.95 10 550 5103 -2.2 -6.8 71 4.6 -4.4 246 25 321.4 322.2 293.1 335.1 4.18 11 500 5855 -6.0 -16.2 44 10.2 -9.8 247 25 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.2 2.16 12 450 6672 -11.3 -23.3 36 12.0 -14.8 261 27 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.7 1.30 13 400 7564 -17.8 -35.9 19 18.2 -21.2 270 32 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.44 14 350 8548 -25.2 -41.8 20 16.6 -27.5 269 37 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.28 15 300 9647 -33.9 -46.9 26 12.9 -35.1 265 34 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.19 16 250 10902 -42.6 -48.2 54 5.6 -43.0 252 32 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.19 17 200 12369 -53.9 -62.2 36 8.3 -54.1 263 42 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14166 -64.7 -75.7 21 11.0 -64.8 262 45 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16563 -75.6 -82.4 33 6.9 -75.6 222 20 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.67 m Freezing level: 588.97 mb = 4561.51 m = 14965.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.69 mb = 4371.76 m = 14342.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.84 mb = 376.23 m = 1234.32 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 9.59 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1190.87 m = 3907.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 33.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 347.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 769.43 m = 2524.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.98 mb = 2892.27 m = 9488.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.98 mb = 10847.51 m = 35588.51 ft B at Equ Level: 341.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.98 mb = 13312.03 m = 43674.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 112.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 9.94 Bulk Shear: 34.92 m/s