MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 31.55,-93.66 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 85 SFC 999 93 22.2 20.8 92 1.4 21.3 151 7 295.5 298.3 294.4 340.5 15.70 2 950 534 23.4 17.2 68 6.2 19.2 177 19 300.9 303.4 294.2 339.5 13.11 3 900 1005 21.3 14.0 63 7.3 16.4 210 15 303.4 305.5 293.5 336.7 11.21 4 850 1499 18.0 11.2 64 6.8 13.7 255 16 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.6 9.86 5 800 2015 14.0 9.5 74 4.6 11.2 269 23 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.2 9.33 6 750 2556 9.4 6.5 82 3.0 7.7 276 26 306.8 308.3 292.1 331.4 8.10 7 700 3125 6.2 -1.5 58 7.7 2.3 279 24 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.7 4.91 8 650 3731 4.6 -12.7 27 17.3 -2.4 288 24 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.4 2.21 9 600 4377 0.4 -19.5 21 19.9 -6.3 288 25 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.36 10 550 5068 -4.5 -23.2 22 18.7 -10.1 288 27 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.5 1.07 11 500 5813 -8.2 -26.1 22 17.9 -13.1 303 40 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.91 12 450 6624 -12.0 -32.5 16 20.5 -16.6 302 54 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.55 13 400 7515 -17.9 -38.0 15 20.1 -21.4 294 54 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.36 14 350 8497 -26.3 -40.4 25 14.0 -28.2 300 53 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.32 15 300 9589 -36.2 -42.9 50 6.7 -36.8 307 58 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.29 16 250 10823 -47.3 -50.9 67 3.6 -47.5 307 57 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12261 -57.7 -63.1 50 5.4 -57.8 302 55 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14025 -68.1 -71.5 61 3.4 -68.1 291 54 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16462 -69.1 -83.4 11 14.3 -69.2 318 40 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.14 m Freezing level: 595.54 mb = 4438.94 m = 14563.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.41 mb = 3417.02 m = 11210.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.27 mb = 268.75 m = 881.72 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1907.25 m = 6257.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.78 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 311.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.53 mb = 1223.53 m = 4014.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.53 mb = 2416.79 m = 7929.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.53 mb = 3698.92 m = 12135.43 ft B at Equ Level: 60.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.53 mb = 13533.04 m = 44399.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.7 neg: -1.9 tot: 212.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 129.05 m/s