MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 30.29,-92.47 Latitude: 30.29 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.1 178 6 292.5 294.8 291.8 330.4 13.39 1 1000 104 21.5 18.4 82 3.2 19.4 182 14 294.7 297.1 292.5 333.0 13.39 2 950 549 19.6 16.6 83 2.9 17.6 200 24 297.0 299.3 292.7 333.6 12.63 3 900 1013 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 219 22 299.3 301.3 292.0 331.1 10.86 4 850 1501 15.3 11.2 76 4.1 12.7 235 21 302.2 304.0 292.1 331.4 9.86 5 800 2013 12.2 7.6 73 4.6 9.5 242 20 304.2 305.7 291.4 328.8 8.22 6 750 2551 8.8 3.6 70 5.2 5.9 243 21 306.1 307.4 290.6 326.3 6.62 7 700 3119 5.3 -1.5 62 6.7 1.9 242 23 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.5 4.91 8 650 3720 1.4 -6.8 54 8.3 -2.3 244 25 310.6 311.2 289.3 321.7 3.52 9 600 4360 -2.8 -11.2 52 8.5 -6.1 245 29 312.9 313.4 289.2 321.7 2.70 10 550 5044 -6.8 -15.0 52 8.2 -9.7 241 33 316.0 316.4 289.7 323.2 2.17 11 500 5782 -11.1 -18.5 55 7.4 -13.5 236 36 319.5 319.8 290.4 325.5 1.78 12 450 6583 -16.1 -20.0 72 3.9 -17.3 239 36 323.0 323.3 291.4 328.9 1.73 13 400 7460 -21.8 -25.3 74 3.4 -22.7 246 35 326.6 326.9 292.0 331.0 1.23 14 350 8429 -29.1 -32.4 73 3.3 -29.6 256 33 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.72 15 300 9512 -37.6 -40.3 76 2.6 -37.9 265 30 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.8 0.38 16 250 10741 -47.8 -49.3 84 1.5 -47.9 262 30 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.17 17 200 12182 -57.9 -59.9 77 2.0 -57.9 254 52 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.4 0.06 18 150 13968 -63.3 -75.9 16 12.7 -63.4 255 52 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16426 -68.8 -83.4 11 14.5 -68.9 266 33 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.25 m Freezing level: 633.03 mb = 3937.25 m = 12917.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.42 mb = 3384.95 m = 11105.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.24 mb = 223.97 m = 734.81 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.72 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1598.51 m = 5244.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.34 mb = 849.43 m = 2786.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.34 mb = 3091.46 m = 10142.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.34 mb = 8380.64 m = 27495.19 ft B at Equ Level: 184.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.34 mb = 11498.05 m = 37722.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 4.38 Bulk Shear: 42.36 m/s