MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 31.14,-92.96 Latitude: 31.14 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 71 26.3 18.0 60 8.3 20.6 202 7 298.8 301.2 293.5 336.7 12.99 1 1000 137 25.2 17.5 63 7.7 19.9 202 11 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.2 12.68 2 950 584 20.7 16.6 77 4.2 17.9 203 15 298.2 300.5 293.0 334.8 12.60 3 900 1050 16.8 15.4 91 1.4 15.9 211 17 298.9 301.1 293.0 334.9 12.35 4 850 1535 13.8 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 224 21 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.6 11.56 5 800 2046 11.7 7.3 75 4.4 9.1 237 22 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.6 8.04 6 750 2584 9.5 -5.0 36 14.5 2.7 250 16 306.9 307.5 288.1 317.9 3.52 7 700 3153 6.4 -5.8 41 12.2 0.7 245 14 309.6 310.2 288.9 320.7 3.53 8 650 3758 3.8 -4.1 56 7.9 -0.0 251 19 313.3 314.1 290.9 327.0 4.34 9 600 4403 -0.7 -6.6 64 5.9 -3.4 248 26 315.3 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.89 10 550 5093 -4.7 -18.5 33 13.7 -9.4 248 34 318.4 318.8 289.9 323.9 1.62 11 500 5836 -9.2 -28.1 20 18.9 -14.0 256 39 321.8 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.76 12 450 6642 -14.7 -24.5 43 9.8 -17.3 253 46 324.7 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.17 13 400 7522 -21.2 -26.5 63 5.2 -22.4 255 55 327.4 327.6 292.1 331.3 1.10 14 350 8495 -27.8 -35.4 48 7.6 -29.0 255 62 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.3 0.53 15 300 9582 -36.1 -41.9 55 5.8 -36.7 257 66 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.7 0.32 16 250 10821 -45.8 -54.0 39 8.2 -46.2 254 71 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.10 17 200 12271 -56.0 -64.5 34 8.5 -56.2 246 81 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 14054 -65.1 -74.7 26 9.5 -65.2 253 79 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16491 -70.8 -83.8 13 13.1 -70.8 260 40 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.59 m Freezing level: 607.89 mb = 4301.24 m = 14111.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.55 mb = 3725.87 m = 12223.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.41 mb = 1121.58 m = 3679.67 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 16.99 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1300.40 m = 4266.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 24.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.69 mb = 1128.39 m = 3702.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.69 mb = 4313.73 m = 14152.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.69 mb = 8561.86 m = 28089.75 ft B at Equ Level: 70.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.69 mb = 10382.27 m = 34062.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.9 neg: -12.3 tot: 74.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 31.06 m/s