MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.87,-90.13 Latitude: 29.87 Longitude: -90.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 196 8 296.4 299.5 295.8 346.2 17.28 1 1000 102 24.2 22.2 89 1.9 22.8 199 14 297.3 300.4 296.0 346.9 17.12 2 950 551 21.7 20.0 90 1.6 20.5 211 24 299.2 302.0 295.5 345.0 15.71 3 900 1020 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.7 214 24 301.2 303.5 293.8 337.8 12.46 4 850 1510 17.0 10.9 67 6.1 13.2 218 22 304.0 305.8 292.5 332.9 9.70 5 800 2026 14.4 10.6 78 3.8 12.0 227 22 306.5 308.4 293.6 336.9 10.09 6 750 2569 11.5 8.4 81 3.1 9.6 235 23 309.0 310.8 293.6 337.3 9.27 7 700 3144 8.4 3.2 70 5.1 5.4 243 26 311.7 313.1 292.6 333.2 6.91 8 650 3753 4.9 -3.1 56 8.1 0.8 253 26 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.4 4.67 9 600 4401 1.3 -9.8 44 11.0 -3.5 258 26 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.5 3.04 10 550 5096 -3.1 -15.9 36 12.8 -7.8 257 28 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.1 2.00 11 500 5845 -6.8 -27.8 17 21.0 -12.5 253 31 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.78 12 450 6659 -11.6 -38.9 8 27.3 -16.9 255 37 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.29 13 400 7550 -17.7 -39.3 13 21.6 -21.4 256 43 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.32 14 350 8533 -25.8 -43.8 17 18.1 -28.0 258 46 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.22 15 300 9629 -34.6 -50.8 18 16.2 -35.8 256 49 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.12 16 250 10883 -41.9 -58.9 14 17.0 -42.7 263 45 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 17 200 12358 -53.5 -65.5 22 12.0 -53.8 253 39 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14151 -65.4 -75.2 24 9.8 -65.5 257 48 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16554 -73.9 -82.6 25 8.7 -73.9 227 28 384.9 384.9 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.23 m Freezing level: 585.61 mb = 4601.32 m = 15096.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.38 mb = 3873.66 m = 12708.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.08 mb = 207.29 m = 680.08 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.94 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 989.67 m = 3246.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.77 C K Index: 29.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.54 mb = 702.78 m = 2305.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.54 mb = 2363.68 m = 7754.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.54 mb = 10922.07 m = 35833.11 ft B at Equ Level: 619.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.54 mb = 14622.16 m = 47972.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 21.50 Bulk Shear: 29.03 m/s