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: 31.87,-90.26 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -90.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 998 110 21.2 20.4 96 0.7 20.7 203 10 294.5 297.2 293.9 338.3 15.33 2 950 536 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 206 32 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.3 14.92 3 900 1004 19.5 16.2 81 3.3 17.2 228 40 301.6 304.0 294.3 339.8 12.98 4 850 1495 16.4 13.9 85 2.5 14.8 238 40 303.3 305.5 293.9 338.5 11.83 5 800 2009 13.2 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 246 40 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.4 10.74 6 750 2551 10.3 8.8 91 1.4 9.4 251 39 307.7 309.5 293.5 336.7 9.55 7 700 3123 7.0 5.3 89 1.7 6.1 249 39 310.3 311.8 293.0 335.0 8.02 8 650 3729 3.3 0.1 79 3.3 1.6 246 38 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.2 5.92 9 600 4373 -0.9 -5.4 71 4.5 -3.0 244 38 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.8 4.27 10 550 5063 -5.0 -12.4 56 7.4 -7.9 238 39 318.1 318.7 290.9 327.0 2.69 11 500 5806 -9.1 -16.3 56 7.2 -11.6 236 41 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.2 2.14 12 450 6614 -13.5 -18.6 66 5.1 -15.2 241 43 326.2 326.6 292.5 333.0 1.96 13 400 7500 -18.9 -23.3 68 4.4 -20.1 243 45 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.6 1.46 14 350 8482 -25.2 -27.3 82 2.1 -25.6 251 48 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.1 1.17 15 300 9583 -33.6 -33.9 98 0.2 -33.7 257 41 338.0 338.1 294.5 340.7 0.73 16 250 10835 -43.6 -43.7 99 0.0 -43.6 266 42 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 17 200 12304 -52.8 -61.4 35 8.6 -53.0 259 58 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14103 -65.2 -74.4 27 9.2 -65.3 250 55 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16536 -72.5 -82.9 19 10.5 -72.5 245 29 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.32 m Freezing level: 610.34 mb = 4240.09 m = 13910.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.48 mb = 3948.87 m = 12955.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.78 mb = 198.10 m = 649.94 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1361.77 m = 4467.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.04 mb = 729.35 m = 2392.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.04 mb = 2505.46 m = 8219.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.04 mb = 8604.96 m = 28231.17 ft B at Equ Level: 337.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.04 mb = 12493.42 m = 40988.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 331.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 70.40 m/s