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: 32.52,-89.35 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -89.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 995 135 20.6 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 202 10 294.2 296.8 293.3 336.0 14.62 2 950 533 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 200 29 296.1 298.7 293.6 337.0 14.17 3 900 999 18.1 16.8 92 1.4 17.2 215 44 300.2 302.6 294.2 339.6 13.45 4 850 1488 15.8 14.6 93 1.2 15.0 226 46 302.7 304.9 294.1 339.3 12.38 5 800 2002 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.4 242 46 305.7 307.7 294.0 338.5 10.95 6 750 2544 10.4 9.2 92 1.2 9.7 248 44 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.6 9.78 7 700 3116 7.1 6.0 93 1.1 6.4 248 43 310.3 311.9 293.3 336.1 8.38 8 650 3723 3.4 0.5 81 2.9 1.8 245 41 312.8 313.9 292.2 331.9 6.12 9 600 4367 -0.8 -5.1 72 4.4 -2.9 242 40 315.2 316.0 291.5 329.1 4.35 10 550 5057 -5.0 -11.5 60 6.5 -7.6 240 41 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.6 2.88 11 500 5799 -9.7 -16.5 57 6.8 -12.1 231 43 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.10 12 450 6606 -13.9 -20.9 56 6.9 -16.0 235 46 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.3 1.61 13 400 7491 -19.1 -25.9 55 6.8 -20.8 238 49 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.3 1.15 14 350 8471 -25.7 -28.8 75 3.1 -26.3 244 52 334.1 334.3 293.8 337.8 1.02 15 300 9570 -34.0 -34.0 100 -0.0 -34.0 250 46 337.4 337.6 294.3 340.1 0.72 16 250 10820 -43.7 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 260 54 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12286 -53.1 -58.6 51 5.6 -53.2 254 63 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.07 18 150 14090 -63.7 -76.2 17 12.4 -63.8 253 51 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16525 -72.0 -83.1 17 11.1 -72.1 240 35 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.44 m Freezing level: 609.50 mb = 4244.77 m = 13926.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.41 mb = 3969.00 m = 13021.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.65 mb = 258.79 m = 849.05 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1226.16 m = 4022.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.43 mb = 684.81 m = 2246.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.43 mb = 3372.26 m = 11063.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.43 mb = 7706.42 m = 25283.22 ft B at Equ Level: 195.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.43 mb = 10861.05 m = 35632.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.6 neg: -5.1 tot: 440.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 2.14 Bulk Shear: 91.69 m/s