MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.40,-92.86 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 17 29.4 21.4 62 8.1 23.6 177 11 301.8 304.7 296.4 349.2 16.07 1 1000 96 27.8 20.4 64 7.4 22.5 176 16 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.8 15.26 2 950 549 23.4 19.2 77 4.3 20.4 174 19 301.0 303.7 295.4 344.6 14.86 3 900 1019 19.4 17.9 91 1.4 18.4 172 17 301.5 304.1 295.3 344.2 14.52 4 850 1509 16.2 15.6 96 0.6 15.8 174 17 303.1 305.5 294.8 342.3 13.23 5 800 2024 13.9 11.2 84 2.7 12.2 188 17 306.0 307.9 293.7 337.6 10.53 6 750 2568 11.8 7.0 73 4.8 8.9 205 17 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.2 8.44 7 700 3143 8.8 3.0 67 5.8 5.5 217 18 312.3 313.5 292.6 333.4 6.80 8 650 3752 5.0 -2.6 58 7.6 1.1 219 18 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.0 4.85 9 600 4401 1.2 -5.7 60 6.8 -2.1 215 20 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.18 10 550 5096 -3.1 -8.4 67 5.3 -5.4 220 22 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.6 3.69 11 500 5845 -7.2 -13.6 60 6.4 -9.7 230 24 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.3 2.69 12 450 6659 -11.8 -20.5 48 8.7 -14.6 241 27 328.4 328.7 292.9 334.2 1.66 13 400 7550 -17.9 -26.2 48 8.3 -20.0 249 29 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.7 1.12 14 350 8534 -25.4 -33.0 49 7.6 -26.8 252 32 334.5 334.6 293.6 337.0 0.68 15 300 9632 -34.4 -41.8 47 7.3 -35.3 257 37 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.1 0.33 16 250 10881 -43.1 -52.2 36 9.1 -43.6 258 45 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.5 0.12 17 200 12352 -52.7 -61.9 32 9.2 -52.9 260 45 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14155 -65.4 -75.0 25 9.6 -65.5 262 45 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16557 -74.3 -82.7 26 8.4 -74.3 279 20 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.95 m Freezing level: 586.18 mb = 4593.16 m = 15069.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.02 mb = 3966.91 m = 13014.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.04 mb = 1037.36 m = 3403.38 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1218.43 m = 3997.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 33.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.74 mb = 1088.18 m = 3570.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.74 mb = 1431.49 m = 4696.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.74 mb = 11495.70 m = 37715.11 ft B at Equ Level: 723.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.74 mb = 14659.86 m = 48096.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: -6.1 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 62.13 Bulk Shear: 11.76 m/s