MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 22.0 21.3 96 0.7 21.5 258 5 294.2 297.1 294.3 339.9 15.97 1 1000 112 22.5 21.1 92 1.4 21.5 268 10 295.6 298.5 294.7 341.4 15.93 2 950 560 22.3 17.1 72 5.2 18.8 280 20 299.9 302.2 293.8 338.0 13.02 3 900 1029 19.1 13.4 69 5.7 15.4 281 22 301.2 303.1 292.5 332.9 10.78 4 850 1518 15.8 11.4 75 4.5 13.0 281 23 302.7 304.6 292.4 332.4 10.00 5 800 2031 13.1 10.1 82 2.9 11.2 287 24 305.1 306.9 292.9 334.4 9.78 6 750 2572 9.9 6.4 79 3.4 7.8 288 24 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.9 8.09 7 700 3143 6.8 1.5 69 5.3 3.9 276 23 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.9 6.11 8 650 3748 3.5 -4.8 55 8.3 -0.4 263 25 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.0 4.13 9 600 4393 0.0 -11.9 40 12.0 -4.8 275 28 316.2 316.6 290.1 324.5 2.55 10 550 5085 -4.0 -21.9 23 17.9 -9.6 316 30 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.5 1.21 11 500 5830 -8.3 -30.4 15 22.1 -13.6 305 39 322.9 323.1 290.3 325.1 0.61 12 450 6639 -13.7 -35.7 14 22.0 -18.0 297 42 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.5 0.40 13 400 7522 -20.9 -39.6 17 18.8 -23.7 294 38 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.31 14 350 8492 -28.7 -41.0 29 12.4 -30.2 266 38 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 15 300 9579 -35.1 -48.2 25 13.1 -36.1 257 51 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.16 16 250 10837 -40.5 -63.2 7 22.7 -41.5 259 58 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03 17 200 12319 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.0 -52.8 251 49 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14122 -64.5 -75.8 20 11.2 -64.6 255 54 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16540 -73.1 -82.8 22 9.6 -73.2 272 32 386.4 386.4 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.82 m Freezing level: 599.59 mb = 4399.07 m = 14432.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.11 mb = 3684.26 m = 12087.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.26 mb = 100.61 m = 330.07 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1453.28 m = 4767.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.67 C K Index: 30.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 341.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.09 mb = 951.35 m = 3121.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.09 mb = 2648.52 m = 8689.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.09 mb = 9739.72 m = 31954.08 ft B at Equ Level: 334.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.09 mb = 11593.57 m = 38036.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.4 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 317.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.1 neg: -9.8 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.36 Bulk Shear: 22.20 m/s