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: 30.23,-89.65 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 24.5 21.7 84 2.8 22.5 171 8 296.7 299.7 295.3 344.0 16.36 1 1000 109 24.2 21.2 83 3.0 22.1 172 15 297.3 300.2 295.2 343.7 16.03 2 950 558 21.3 19.3 89 1.9 19.9 181 25 298.8 301.5 294.9 342.5 15.02 3 900 1025 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 190 26 300.9 303.4 294.6 340.9 13.61 4 850 1516 16.4 14.3 88 2.0 15.0 200 25 303.3 305.5 294.2 339.4 12.18 5 800 2031 13.9 10.9 82 3.0 12.0 207 23 305.9 307.9 293.5 336.8 10.28 6 750 2573 11.4 6.6 72 4.8 8.5 213 21 309.0 310.5 292.8 333.9 8.17 7 700 3148 8.3 5.0 80 3.3 6.3 225 21 311.7 313.2 293.3 335.9 7.82 8 650 3757 4.6 3.0 89 1.6 3.7 237 23 314.2 315.6 293.6 337.2 7.35 9 600 4406 0.6 -0.4 93 1.0 0.1 238 27 316.8 318.0 293.4 336.5 6.22 10 550 5101 -2.7 -5.5 81 2.9 -4.1 238 28 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.9 4.61 11 500 5852 -6.4 -11.9 65 5.6 -8.7 245 26 325.3 325.9 293.2 335.6 3.06 12 450 6669 -11.3 -20.2 48 8.9 -14.2 254 25 329.1 329.4 293.1 335.1 1.71 13 400 7561 -17.8 -35.0 21 17.2 -21.1 267 32 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.49 14 350 8544 -25.3 -44.2 15 19.0 -27.6 266 36 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 15 300 9644 -34.0 -40.9 50 6.9 -34.8 259 31 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.36 16 250 10896 -42.8 -48.2 55 5.4 -43.2 250 37 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.19 17 200 12364 -53.6 -62.5 33 8.8 -53.9 264 43 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14163 -64.3 -76.0 19 11.7 -64.4 263 43 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16559 -75.4 -82.5 32 7.1 -75.4 217 22 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.00 m Freezing level: 591.10 mb = 4529.64 m = 14860.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.05 mb = 4418.50 m = 14496.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.65 mb = 369.61 m = 1212.60 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.16 mb = 1090.81 m = 3578.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.63 mb = 754.40 m = 2475.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.63 mb = 2871.41 m = 9420.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.63 mb = 10796.82 m = 35422.22 ft B at Equ Level: 330.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.63 mb = 13248.30 m = 43465.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 128.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 36.04 m/s