MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 21.8 21.3 97 0.6 21.5 195 5 294.3 297.2 294.3 340.0 15.98 1 1000 102 22.3 21.1 93 1.2 21.5 197 10 295.5 298.3 294.6 341.3 15.95 2 950 549 21.4 19.4 88 2.0 20.0 211 27 298.9 301.6 295.0 342.7 15.06 3 900 1017 18.5 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 219 29 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.2 13.51 4 850 1507 16.2 14.8 91 1.5 15.3 227 29 303.1 305.4 294.4 340.3 12.51 5 800 2022 13.8 12.2 90 1.7 12.7 235 30 305.9 308.0 294.2 339.5 11.20 6 750 2565 11.0 8.4 84 2.6 9.5 241 30 308.5 310.3 293.5 336.8 9.29 7 700 3138 7.8 4.3 79 3.4 5.8 246 31 311.1 312.5 292.9 334.2 7.48 8 650 3746 4.1 0.1 75 4.1 2.0 249 31 313.6 314.8 292.3 332.3 5.93 9 600 4393 0.3 -6.9 58 7.2 -3.0 250 30 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.8 3.81 10 550 5086 -3.6 -14.8 41 11.3 -7.8 245 30 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.2 2.20 11 500 5833 -7.5 -25.9 21 18.4 -12.6 245 33 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.93 12 450 6645 -12.2 -31.7 18 19.5 -16.6 252 42 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.60 13 400 7535 -18.2 -34.3 23 16.1 -21.4 251 48 331.3 331.5 292.6 333.3 0.52 14 350 8517 -25.9 -39.7 26 13.8 -27.8 251 51 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.35 15 300 9614 -34.1 -47.6 24 13.5 -35.3 252 52 337.3 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.17 16 250 10867 -42.8 -49.9 46 7.1 -43.2 259 45 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.16 17 200 12342 -52.4 -68.4 13 16.0 -52.7 255 44 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14137 -65.7 -74.4 29 8.7 -65.8 256 49 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16547 -73.2 -82.7 22 9.5 -73.2 237 32 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.93 m Freezing level: 595.94 mb = 4449.24 m = 14597.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.16 mb = 3996.50 m = 13111.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.57 mb = 105.74 m = 346.91 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 13.09 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1005.70 m = 3299.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 377.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.10 mb = 695.26 m = 2281.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.10 mb = 2686.26 m = 8813.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.10 mb = 10361.32 m = 33993.43 ft B at Equ Level: 374.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.10 mb = 13030.92 m = 42751.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 9.29 Bulk Shear: 40.63 m/s