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: 30.86,-92.20 Latitude: 30.86 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 25 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 180 6 291.3 293.5 290.9 327.2 12.73 1 1000 103 19.8 17.6 87 2.2 18.4 185 13 293.0 295.3 291.5 329.3 12.78 2 950 547 19.3 16.4 83 2.9 17.4 207 26 296.8 299.1 292.5 332.8 12.47 3 900 1011 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 225 24 299.3 301.2 291.7 330.0 10.49 4 850 1498 15.0 11.1 77 3.9 12.6 242 22 301.9 303.7 292.0 331.0 9.82 5 800 2009 11.8 7.4 74 4.4 9.2 245 21 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.09 6 750 2547 8.5 3.4 70 5.1 5.7 242 22 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.7 6.54 7 700 3114 5.0 -1.2 64 6.2 1.8 242 24 308.0 309.0 289.8 323.5 5.01 8 650 3715 1.1 -7.2 54 8.3 -2.6 244 27 310.2 310.8 289.0 321.1 3.43 9 600 4353 -3.2 -11.5 53 8.3 -6.4 245 30 312.4 313.0 289.0 321.0 2.65 10 550 5037 -6.9 -15.2 52 8.2 -9.9 241 35 315.9 316.3 289.6 322.9 2.14 11 500 5775 -11.0 -18.8 53 7.8 -13.5 238 38 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.5 1.73 12 450 6576 -15.9 -20.4 68 4.5 -17.2 244 37 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.0 1.68 13 400 7454 -21.8 -25.0 75 3.2 -22.5 248 36 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.1 1.26 14 350 8423 -29.0 -31.4 80 2.3 -29.5 254 34 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.5 0.79 15 300 9505 -37.7 -38.8 90 1.0 -37.8 261 29 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.9 0.44 16 250 10734 -48.1 -49.8 83 1.7 -48.2 257 30 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 17 200 12170 -58.2 -60.3 76 2.1 -58.2 255 49 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.06 18 150 13954 -63.3 -74.6 20 11.3 -63.4 256 55 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16421 -67.8 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.9 267 33 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.99 m Freezing level: 637.21 mb = 3877.88 m = 12722.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.11 mb = 3359.49 m = 11021.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.21 mb = 170.37 m = 558.95 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1636.71 m = 5369.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 30.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.60 mb = 835.12 m = 2739.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.60 mb = 3425.49 m = 11238.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.60 mb = 6349.86 m = 20832.64 ft B at Equ Level: 91.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.60 mb = 9194.11 m = 30164.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 40.21 m/s