MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.85,-90.79 Latitude: 31.85 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 87 25.6 19.9 71 5.7 21.6 171 8 298.4 301.0 294.6 341.0 14.67 1 1000 122 24.4 19.5 74 4.9 21.0 173 11 297.5 300.2 294.1 339.3 14.43 2 950 569 20.1 18.3 89 1.8 18.9 176 19 297.6 300.2 293.9 338.3 14.05 3 900 1034 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 181 23 298.7 301.0 293.4 336.2 12.91 4 850 1521 15.3 10.1 71 5.2 12.1 188 25 302.1 303.8 291.5 329.4 9.17 5 800 2033 13.7 -2.3 33 16.0 5.7 196 19 305.8 306.6 288.2 318.3 4.03 6 750 2574 11.2 -10.0 22 21.1 2.0 204 14 308.7 309.1 287.5 316.3 2.38 7 700 3146 9.0 -10.1 25 19.1 0.7 216 11 312.5 313.0 288.9 320.7 2.54 8 650 3756 5.5 -9.8 32 15.3 -1.2 226 11 315.2 315.7 290.0 324.2 2.79 9 600 4405 1.6 -16.7 24 18.3 -5.1 233 19 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.8 1.73 10 550 5099 -3.7 -17.0 35 13.4 -8.4 227 22 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.9 1.83 11 500 5844 -8.4 -27.8 19 19.4 -13.5 232 18 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.78 12 450 6654 -13.2 -30.8 21 17.5 -17.3 240 21 326.6 326.7 291.4 329.0 0.65 13 400 7542 -17.7 -44.8 7 27.1 -21.7 261 23 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.18 14 350 8524 -26.1 -46.2 13 20.1 -28.4 270 26 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.17 15 300 9618 -35.3 -50.6 19 15.4 -36.4 270 33 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.12 16 250 10861 -45.1 -55.6 30 10.5 -45.6 262 40 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.08 17 200 12329 -51.4 -71.3 7 19.9 -51.8 271 47 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14143 -64.1 -77.3 15 13.2 -64.2 260 36 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16551 -73.5 -83.0 22 9.5 -73.5 268 25 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.53 m Freezing level: 584.81 mb = 4615.94 m = 15143.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.31 mb = 3369.13 m = 11053.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.92 mb = 808.01 m = 2650.92 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 24.72 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 918.67 m = 3013.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.52 C K Index: 14.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 300.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.94 mb = 845.18 m = 2772.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.94 mb = 986.55 m = 3236.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.94 mb = 1177.43 m = 3862.90 ft B at Equ Level: 4.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 844.94 mb = 1571.19 m = 5154.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: -14.1 tot: 59.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.44 Bulk Shear: 12.86 m/s