MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.55,-89.97 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 999 103 20.5 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 222 9 293.8 296.4 293.1 335.1 14.48 2 950 535 18.4 18.3 100 0.1 18.4 218 25 295.9 298.4 293.4 336.4 14.08 3 900 999 17.8 16.5 92 1.3 16.9 235 41 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.5 13.21 4 850 1487 15.1 14.5 96 0.7 14.7 244 42 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.2 12.27 5 800 2000 12.4 12.1 98 0.4 12.2 249 41 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.6 11.14 6 750 2540 9.6 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 251 39 307.0 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.81 7 700 3111 6.6 5.8 95 0.8 6.1 252 37 309.8 311.3 293.1 335.2 8.29 8 650 3716 3.0 1.8 92 1.2 2.4 246 38 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.4 6.73 9 600 4361 -0.9 -3.0 86 2.1 -1.9 241 41 315.1 316.1 292.1 331.4 5.13 10 550 5050 -5.3 -8.2 80 2.9 -6.5 237 43 317.8 318.5 291.7 330.0 3.75 11 500 5792 -9.6 -11.2 88 1.6 -10.2 231 43 321.3 322.0 292.3 332.1 3.24 12 450 6599 -14.0 -14.9 93 0.9 -14.3 235 42 325.6 326.1 293.0 334.6 2.66 13 400 7485 -19.0 -19.2 98 0.3 -19.1 243 43 330.3 330.8 293.7 337.6 2.09 14 350 8467 -25.2 -25.2 99 0.1 -25.2 253 44 334.8 335.1 294.3 339.9 1.41 15 300 9568 -33.4 -33.4 100 -0.0 -33.4 258 44 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.1 0.76 16 250 10817 -44.6 -44.6 100 -0.0 -44.6 251 40 339.8 339.8 294.6 340.9 0.29 17 200 12283 -51.4 -61.2 30 9.8 -51.7 246 61 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.6 0.05 18 150 14096 -64.4 -75.6 20 11.2 -64.5 259 54 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16514 -72.3 -83.0 19 10.7 -72.3 231 35 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.77 m Freezing level: 611.03 mb = 4218.67 m = 13840.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.37 mb = 4066.03 m = 13339.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.09 mb = 221.15 m = 725.54 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.49 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1126.04 m = 3694.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.26 mb = 632.26 m = 2074.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.26 mb = 3060.64 m = 10041.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.26 mb = 7221.21 m = 23691.34 ft B at Equ Level: 156.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.26 mb = 9700.13 m = 31824.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 254.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 66.61 m/s