MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.60,-90.31 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 35 23.4 20.5 84 2.9 21.3 169 6 295.8 298.6 294.2 339.5 15.19 1 1000 106 23.5 20.2 82 3.3 21.2 169 12 296.6 299.4 294.3 340.1 15.07 2 950 554 21.1 19.0 88 2.1 19.6 181 27 298.6 301.2 294.6 341.3 14.67 3 900 1021 18.5 17.1 92 1.3 17.6 195 27 300.5 303.1 294.6 341.0 13.80 4 850 1511 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.8 205 26 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.8 12.18 5 800 2025 13.4 12.8 96 0.6 13.0 216 27 305.5 307.6 294.4 340.5 11.69 6 750 2568 11.2 10.1 93 1.1 10.5 226 28 308.7 310.7 294.4 340.4 10.41 7 700 3143 8.7 6.5 86 2.2 7.3 234 28 312.1 313.7 294.1 339.0 8.70 8 650 3753 5.1 3.3 88 1.8 4.1 242 27 314.8 316.2 293.9 338.2 7.48 9 600 4403 0.9 -1.1 86 2.0 -0.2 242 29 317.2 318.3 293.3 335.9 5.88 10 550 5098 -3.0 -7.1 73 4.1 -4.9 243 30 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.9 4.08 11 500 5847 -7.1 -14.2 57 7.1 -9.8 244 30 324.4 324.9 292.5 333.0 2.55 12 450 6661 -12.0 -30.3 20 18.3 -16.4 253 31 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.68 13 400 7552 -17.8 -41.8 10 24.1 -21.6 258 39 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.24 14 350 8535 -25.5 -47.6 11 22.0 -28.0 261 44 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.15 15 300 9633 -34.2 -51.6 16 17.4 -35.5 257 44 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 16 250 10886 -42.3 -55.4 23 13.1 -43.0 249 41 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.08 17 200 12359 -53.3 -66.0 20 12.8 -53.5 264 45 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14152 -65.3 -74.9 26 9.5 -65.4 264 48 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16551 -74.2 -82.6 26 8.4 -74.3 213 28 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.17 m Freezing level: 588.33 mb = 4564.97 m = 14976.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.85 mb = 4377.85 m = 14362.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.39 mb = 404.52 m = 1327.15 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 9.87 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1129.66 m = 3706.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.25 mb = 782.00 m = 2565.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.25 mb = 4003.75 m = 13135.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.25 mb = 10101.15 m = 33139.85 ft B at Equ Level: 157.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.25 mb = 11722.36 m = 38458.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 2.82 Bulk Shear: 57.43 m/s