MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.74,-93.22 Latitude: 31.74 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 69 19.5 19.1 98 0.4 19.3 160 5 292.4 294.9 292.3 332.2 14.04 1 1000 97 20.0 19.2 95 0.8 19.4 164 7 293.1 295.6 292.6 333.2 14.11 2 950 542 20.5 17.1 81 3.4 18.2 184 21 298.0 300.4 293.3 335.8 13.03 3 900 1008 19.2 11.4 61 7.8 14.3 190 17 301.3 303.0 291.5 329.1 9.43 4 850 1499 17.0 10.5 65 6.5 12.9 212 11 304.0 305.7 292.3 332.1 9.40 5 800 2013 13.1 9.5 79 3.6 10.9 237 9 305.1 306.9 292.6 333.3 9.38 6 750 2554 11.7 1.4 49 10.3 6.1 234 8 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.7 5.64 7 700 3130 10.2 -3.3 38 13.5 3.4 237 8 313.8 314.6 291.0 327.4 4.28 8 650 3742 5.8 -6.3 41 12.1 0.1 247 7 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.3 3.67 9 600 4391 0.8 -8.1 51 8.9 -3.2 273 5 317.1 317.7 291.2 328.3 3.45 10 550 5084 -3.5 -17.6 33 14.1 -8.4 263 7 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.9 1.74 11 500 5830 -8.3 -20.1 38 11.8 -12.1 256 13 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.3 1.55 12 450 6639 -13.4 -28.9 26 15.4 -17.1 252 18 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.78 13 400 7527 -18.2 -45.4 7 27.3 -22.1 274 21 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 14 350 8510 -25.7 -45.3 14 19.5 -28.0 284 31 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 15 300 9604 -35.2 -51.7 17 16.6 -36.4 284 38 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10848 -44.7 -55.4 29 10.6 -45.2 268 37 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.08 17 200 12313 -52.7 -68.5 13 15.9 -52.9 263 53 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14125 -63.9 -77.1 15 13.2 -64.0 266 38 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16531 -74.3 -82.7 26 8.5 -74.3 244 31 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.35 m Freezing level: 590.49 mb = 4522.59 m = 14837.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.81 mb = 3756.49 m = 12324.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.68 mb = 117.02 m = 383.91 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 6.72 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.52 mb = 1891.63 m = 6206.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.76 C K Index: 22.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4715.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.73 mb = 972.67 m = 3191.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 13.95 m/s