MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1013 14 25.6 21.6 78 4.0 22.7 291 8 297.7 300.6 295.4 344.6 16.20 1 1000 126 24.1 20.4 80 3.7 21.5 292 12 297.2 300.0 294.6 341.3 15.24 2 950 574 21.3 17.3 78 4.0 18.6 298 17 298.8 301.2 293.6 337.2 13.20 3 900 1042 19.2 12.8 66 6.4 15.0 308 19 301.3 303.2 292.2 331.8 10.34 4 850 1531 16.2 8.3 60 7.9 11.4 306 19 303.1 304.6 290.9 327.3 8.10 5 800 2044 14.1 -0.7 36 14.9 6.4 296 21 306.2 307.1 288.8 320.2 4.54 6 750 2586 11.4 -2.7 37 14.1 4.4 285 24 309.0 309.8 289.4 322.1 4.19 7 700 3159 8.1 -3.3 45 11.3 2.4 283 24 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.0 4.29 8 650 3767 5.4 -13.3 25 18.7 -2.1 303 22 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.11 9 600 4416 1.6 -36.3 4 37.9 -7.4 328 27 318.0 318.0 288.4 319.0 0.29 10 550 5110 -2.6 -42.0 3 39.4 -10.5 315 32 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.17 11 500 5857 -8.5 -46.4 3 37.9 -14.7 310 34 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.12 12 450 6662 -15.7 -47.9 4 32.2 -20.0 310 37 323.4 323.5 289.9 323.9 0.11 13 400 7536 -23.3 -51.4 6 28.2 -26.1 307 45 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.1 0.08 14 350 8500 -29.3 -55.9 6 26.6 -31.3 296 38 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.06 15 300 9584 -37.2 -57.0 11 19.8 -38.2 261 46 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 16 250 10829 -41.4 -64.2 7 22.8 -42.3 266 67 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12314 -51.0 -71.3 7 20.3 -51.4 256 62 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14132 -64.0 -76.7 16 12.7 -64.1 252 45 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16547 -73.0 -82.8 21 9.7 -73.1 264 29 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.86 m Freezing level: 580.89 mb = 4680.94 m = 15357.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.50 mb = 3475.35 m = 11401.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.07 mb = 527.22 m = 1729.72 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 24.43 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1593.24 m = 5227.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.80 C K Index: 21.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.22 mb = 991.54 m = 3253.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 530.22 mb = 5397.01 m = 17706.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.22 mb = 10049.61 m = 32970.75 ft B at Equ Level: 483.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.22 mb = 12307.09 m = 40377.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.1 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 335.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 30.47 Bulk Shear: 16.07 m/s