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: 30.42,-88.92 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 1010 17 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.8 192 9 295.9 299.0 295.6 345.1 17.10 1 1000 103 23.9 21.7 87 2.2 22.3 191 17 297.1 300.1 295.5 345.0 16.57 2 950 552 21.3 19.2 88 2.1 19.8 197 27 298.8 301.5 294.8 342.2 14.91 3 900 1019 18.6 16.9 89 1.8 17.5 204 28 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.6 13.57 4 850 1509 16.2 14.6 90 1.7 15.1 209 28 303.2 305.4 294.3 339.9 12.37 5 800 2024 13.8 10.7 81 3.1 11.8 214 27 305.9 307.8 293.4 336.4 10.14 6 750 2567 11.3 6.5 72 4.8 8.5 219 26 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.8 8.14 7 700 3141 8.2 5.3 82 2.9 6.5 229 26 311.5 313.1 293.4 336.2 7.99 8 650 3750 4.5 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 242 28 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.4 6.82 9 600 4398 0.7 -4.5 68 5.2 -1.9 252 29 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.6 4.55 10 550 5092 -3.2 -9.9 60 6.6 -6.1 254 31 320.2 320.9 292.0 331.0 3.29 11 500 5840 -7.2 -15.6 51 8.4 -10.4 246 31 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.9 2.26 12 450 6654 -11.9 -27.5 26 15.6 -15.9 243 29 328.3 328.4 292.1 331.5 0.89 13 400 7545 -17.9 -34.3 22 16.4 -21.1 256 38 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.7 0.52 14 350 8528 -25.7 -39.8 26 14.0 -27.7 258 42 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.34 15 300 9625 -34.0 -47.1 26 13.0 -35.2 252 43 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.18 16 250 10879 -42.6 -51.8 36 9.3 -43.1 245 38 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.13 17 200 12349 -53.6 -64.6 25 11.0 -53.8 257 45 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14147 -64.2 -76.3 18 12.0 -64.3 257 46 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16551 -72.8 -83.1 20 10.3 -72.8 228 31 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.83 m Freezing level: 591.12 mb = 4520.95 m = 14832.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.63 mb = 4150.21 m = 13616.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.30 mb = 170.95 m = 560.86 ft T: 23.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 993.08 m = 3258.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 442.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.64 mb = 720.51 m = 2363.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.64 mb = 2716.19 m = 8911.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.64 mb = 10698.62 m = 35100.04 ft B at Equ Level: 437.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.64 mb = 13489.64 m = 44256.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 12.54 Bulk Shear: 35.30 m/s