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: 32.31,-90.16 Latitude: 32.31 Longitude: -90.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 100 27.5 19.4 61 8.1 21.8 182 10 300.6 303.2 295.0 342.6 14.34 1 1000 107 26.8 19.2 63 7.6 21.5 182 11 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.2 14.10 2 950 557 22.1 17.8 77 4.3 19.1 182 19 299.6 302.1 294.1 339.3 13.60 3 900 1025 18.1 16.4 90 1.6 17.0 183 21 300.1 302.5 294.0 338.8 13.19 4 850 1513 15.0 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 192 24 301.8 303.9 293.3 335.9 11.55 5 800 2025 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 193 24 304.3 306.0 292.4 332.6 9.49 6 750 2564 10.4 -3.5 38 13.9 3.6 195 20 307.9 308.6 288.8 320.2 3.95 7 700 3136 8.2 -12.1 22 20.3 -0.2 203 19 311.5 312.0 288.3 318.5 2.16 8 650 3744 5.2 -12.7 26 17.9 -2.1 213 18 314.8 315.2 289.4 322.1 2.21 9 600 4392 1.2 -15.1 28 16.3 -5.0 227 23 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.1 1.97 10 550 5085 -3.8 -14.8 42 11.0 -7.9 225 29 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.0 2.21 11 500 5831 -8.3 -28.0 19 19.7 -13.4 227 27 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.7 0.77 12 450 6641 -12.9 -31.9 19 19.0 -17.1 239 30 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.59 13 400 7530 -17.9 -46.1 7 28.2 -21.8 247 30 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.15 14 350 8512 -26.0 -46.5 13 20.6 -28.3 251 31 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 15 300 9607 -35.3 -46.7 31 11.3 -36.3 259 40 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.19 16 250 10849 -45.1 -56.3 27 11.2 -45.6 260 43 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 17 200 12319 -50.9 -72.3 6 21.4 -51.3 270 53 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14131 -64.3 -77.1 16 12.8 -64.4 255 43 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16542 -73.8 -82.8 24 8.9 -73.9 272 31 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.17 m Freezing level: 587.81 mb = 4560.87 m = 14963.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.45 mb = 3106.63 m = 10192.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.81 mb = 1122.27 m = 3681.94 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 24.10 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1269.40 m = 4164.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 16.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.82 mb = 1122.22 m = 3681.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.82 mb = 1464.82 m = 4805.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.82 mb = 2510.95 m = 8237.93 ft B at Equ Level: 10.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 684.82 mb = 3315.49 m = 10877.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.9 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 237.9 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.2 neg: -9.6 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.84 Bulk Shear: 15.66 m/s