MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.27,-91.23 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -91.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 39 27.2 18.7 59 8.6 21.3 215 12 300.0 302.5 294.3 339.9 13.60 1 1000 76 26.6 18.0 59 8.6 20.6 216 15 299.7 302.1 293.8 338.0 13.08 2 950 526 22.1 16.9 72 5.3 18.6 219 19 299.7 302.0 293.6 337.2 12.83 3 900 993 17.8 15.8 88 2.0 16.5 222 20 299.8 302.1 293.6 336.9 12.67 4 850 1480 14.2 13.6 96 0.6 13.8 227 23 301.0 303.1 293.1 335.2 11.62 5 800 1991 12.1 9.2 82 2.9 10.3 235 27 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.4 9.14 6 750 2530 9.0 0.6 56 8.4 4.6 244 28 306.4 307.4 289.6 322.7 5.34 7 700 3097 5.0 -7.3 41 12.3 -0.4 250 30 308.0 308.6 288.1 317.9 3.15 8 650 3696 0.5 -13.6 34 14.1 -4.8 253 34 309.5 309.9 287.5 316.1 2.05 9 600 4333 -3.7 -19.0 29 15.3 -8.6 259 39 311.8 312.1 287.6 316.5 1.41 10 550 5015 -7.5 -24.2 25 16.7 -12.1 271 40 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.5 0.98 11 500 5751 -11.6 -26.5 28 15.0 -15.3 284 55 318.9 319.1 289.3 322.0 0.87 12 450 6549 -16.9 -28.4 36 11.4 -19.5 277 67 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.8 0.82 13 400 7423 -23.1 -34.8 33 11.7 -25.0 276 62 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.50 14 350 8386 -30.1 -42.5 29 12.4 -31.5 294 73 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.26 15 300 9464 -38.8 -49.1 33 10.4 -39.5 297 91 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.15 16 250 10689 -48.0 -57.1 34 9.0 -48.3 296 78 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 17 200 12128 -56.4 -65.1 33 8.7 -56.6 268 87 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13944 -60.5 -77.5 9 17.0 -60.7 282 60 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16433 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 264 51 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.99 m Freezing level: 644.53 mb = 3766.03 m = 12355.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.46 mb = 3044.93 m = 9989.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.32 mb = 1123.66 m = 3686.50 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 23.75 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1298.09 m = 4258.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.01 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1049.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.40 mb = 1190.42 m = 3905.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.40 mb = 1436.19 m = 4711.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.40 mb = 11104.40 m = 36431.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1045.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.40 mb = 14177.46 m = 46513.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 16.58 Bulk Shear: 63.29 m/s