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: 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 1010 14 23.8 22.3 91 1.6 22.8 197 8 296.1 299.2 295.5 345.1 16.98 1 1000 103 23.7 21.8 89 1.9 22.4 197 14 296.9 299.9 295.6 345.2 16.71 2 950 551 21.3 19.7 90 1.7 20.2 206 26 298.8 301.6 295.2 343.6 15.37 3 900 1019 18.7 16.8 89 1.9 17.5 214 27 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.5 13.53 4 850 1509 16.5 13.4 82 3.1 14.5 217 26 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.4 11.45 5 800 2024 14.3 9.4 72 4.9 11.2 220 25 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.3 9.27 6 750 2567 11.3 8.2 81 3.1 9.5 228 25 308.9 310.6 293.5 336.8 9.17 7 700 3141 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.4 238 26 311.2 312.8 293.3 336.1 8.06 8 650 3750 4.4 -0.2 72 4.6 2.0 246 28 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.2 5.79 9 600 4398 0.9 -7.7 52 8.6 -3.0 253 29 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.8 3.57 10 550 5092 -3.0 -15.2 38 12.2 -7.6 256 30 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.6 2.13 11 500 5840 -7.1 -24.3 24 17.2 -12.2 248 30 324.3 324.6 291.2 328.1 1.07 12 450 6654 -11.8 -35.5 12 23.7 -16.7 250 36 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.9 0.41 13 400 7545 -17.8 -37.8 16 20.0 -21.4 254 42 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.37 14 350 8528 -25.7 -42.9 19 17.1 -27.9 255 46 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.25 15 300 9624 -34.3 -50.4 18 16.1 -35.5 253 48 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.13 16 250 10879 -41.9 -56.9 18 14.9 -42.7 256 42 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.07 17 200 12354 -53.5 -65.0 23 11.5 -53.8 252 41 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14147 -65.2 -75.4 23 10.2 -65.3 259 48 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16551 -73.5 -82.7 23 9.3 -73.5 230 30 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.65 m Freezing level: 588.26 mb = 4560.50 m = 14962.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.16 mb = 4000.61 m = 13125.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.62 mb = 211.54 m = 694.02 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.87 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 940.27 m = 3084.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 537.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.38 mb = 685.07 m = 2247.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.38 mb = 2451.51 m = 8042.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.38 mb = 10599.25 m = 34774.01 ft B at Equ Level: 535.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.38 mb = 14131.34 m = 46362.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 17.48 Bulk Shear: 30.77 m/s