MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 24.05,-90.28 Latitude: 24.05 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 27.4 22.8 76 4.6 24.0 59 13 299.5 302.7 296.7 350.5 17.47 1 1000 106 26.2 21.3 75 4.9 22.8 59 14 299.4 302.3 295.9 346.6 16.20 2 950 556 22.0 20.3 90 1.6 20.8 62 13 299.5 302.4 295.8 346.2 16.00 3 900 1025 18.8 17.1 90 1.7 17.7 70 12 300.8 303.4 294.6 341.2 13.75 4 850 1515 17.2 12.6 74 4.6 14.2 83 10 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.5 10.83 5 800 2031 14.5 10.1 75 4.3 11.7 98 8 306.6 308.4 293.3 336.1 9.77 6 750 2575 11.8 5.3 64 6.5 7.9 115 6 309.4 310.8 292.3 332.2 7.44 7 700 3150 9.2 -3.5 41 12.7 2.8 131 5 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.1 4.22 8 650 3760 6.3 -19.0 14 25.3 -2.8 106 4 316.1 316.3 288.9 320.5 1.31 9 600 4411 2.9 -29.1 7 32.1 -6.2 34 4 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.6 0.57 10 550 5110 -0.6 -30.1 9 29.6 -8.6 355 3 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.5 0.57 11 500 5864 -5.8 -30.5 12 24.8 -12.1 317 3 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.60 12 450 6681 -10.7 -38.5 8 27.8 -16.2 296 10 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.31 13 400 7576 -16.5 -44.5 7 28.0 -20.8 293 13 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.18 14 350 8565 -23.8 -48.4 8 24.6 -26.7 296 11 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.13 15 300 9671 -32.1 -55.7 8 23.6 -33.8 285 22 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 16 250 10931 -41.8 -59.3 13 17.4 -42.6 256 33 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 17 200 12404 -53.2 -65.5 21 12.3 -53.5 249 41 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14193 -68.1 -71.0 66 2.9 -68.1 243 58 352.7 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.02 19 100 16549 -76.5 -83.0 35 6.5 -76.6 259 20 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.19 m Freezing level: 558.00 mb = 4998.52 m = 16399.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.82 mb = 3451.56 m = 11323.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.81 mb = 585.54 m = 1921.03 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 30.02 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 920.03 m = 3018.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.34 C K Index: 22.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.20 mb = 804.21 m = 2638.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.20 mb = 2050.44 m = 6727.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.20 mb = 11250.36 m = 36910.20 ft B at Equ Level: 335.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.20 mb = 14262.60 m = 46792.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 104.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 51.60 Bulk Shear: 6.54 m/s