MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 23.0 22.1 95 0.9 22.3 230 6 295.3 298.3 295.1 343.4 16.77 1 1000 101 23.4 21.9 91 1.5 22.3 229 12 296.5 299.5 295.5 344.8 16.75 2 950 550 21.9 18.8 83 3.1 19.7 238 24 299.4 302.0 294.7 341.7 14.50 3 900 1018 19.3 16.0 81 3.3 17.1 245 25 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.1 12.80 4 850 1509 16.7 13.9 84 2.8 14.8 250 26 303.7 305.8 294.0 338.9 11.84 5 800 2024 14.1 11.0 82 3.0 12.1 255 28 306.1 308.1 293.7 337.4 10.40 6 750 2567 10.9 5.8 71 5.1 7.9 259 29 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.75 7 700 3139 7.3 -0.3 59 7.6 3.3 262 29 310.5 311.6 290.9 327.2 5.35 8 650 3745 3.5 -2.9 63 6.4 0.3 262 28 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.0 4.76 9 600 4390 -0.4 -8.6 54 8.2 -4.0 255 29 315.7 316.4 290.7 326.5 3.33 10 550 5081 -3.9 -22.0 23 18.0 -9.5 251 33 319.4 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.20 11 500 5827 -8.0 -23.2 28 15.2 -12.5 256 37 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.4 1.18 12 450 6638 -13.2 -23.2 42 10.1 -16.0 265 40 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.3 1.31 13 400 7523 -19.7 -29.0 44 9.3 -21.8 258 41 329.4 329.5 292.4 332.5 0.87 14 350 8501 -26.1 -37.8 33 11.7 -27.9 254 52 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.42 15 300 9599 -33.3 -45.8 27 12.6 -34.5 259 50 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.21 16 250 10855 -42.2 -50.1 42 7.9 -42.8 258 44 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.16 17 200 12330 -53.3 -67.2 17 13.9 -53.6 251 46 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14122 -65.8 -74.7 28 8.9 -65.9 256 55 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16533 -72.0 -83.1 17 11.1 -72.1 257 32 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.93 m Freezing level: 604.53 mb = 4331.74 m = 14211.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.34 mb = 3790.51 m = 12435.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.30 mb = 124.62 m = 408.84 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1267.78 m = 4159.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.68 mb = 783.80 m = 2571.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.68 mb = 2459.10 m = 8067.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.68 mb = 10082.12 m = 33077.43 ft B at Equ Level: 570.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.68 mb = 13732.22 m = 45052.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 21.76 Bulk Shear: 26.30 m/s