MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 30.74,-93.35 Latitude: 30.74 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 47 23.7 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 211 8 296.5 299.6 295.7 345.8 17.06 1 1000 75 23.8 22.1 91 1.6 22.6 212 11 296.9 300.0 295.8 346.1 17.02 2 950 522 20.7 20.7 100 0.0 20.8 219 28 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.9 16.40 3 900 990 19.9 14.8 72 5.1 16.5 238 33 302.0 304.2 293.6 336.9 11.83 4 850 1483 19.6 8.7 49 10.9 12.9 256 30 306.6 308.2 292.2 331.8 8.30 5 800 2003 16.8 1.2 35 15.5 8.2 272 29 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.2 5.23 6 750 2548 12.7 -6.1 26 18.8 3.8 279 28 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.7 3.24 7 700 3122 7.9 -8.2 31 16.0 0.7 284 28 311.2 311.8 288.9 320.6 2.95 8 650 3729 5.0 -15.8 21 20.7 -2.9 267 27 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.3 1.72 9 600 4377 1.7 -20.3 18 22.0 -5.8 265 33 318.1 318.3 289.5 322.4 1.26 10 550 5073 -2.0 -26.4 13 24.4 -9.1 272 41 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.6 0.81 11 500 5823 -6.9 -33.3 10 26.4 -13.0 278 45 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.3 0.46 12 450 6634 -13.3 -38.9 10 25.7 -18.0 281 47 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.29 13 400 7518 -20.4 -42.5 12 22.1 -23.6 278 49 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.23 14 350 8489 -29.1 -41.5 29 12.4 -30.6 276 50 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 15 300 9569 -38.8 -44.4 56 5.5 -39.3 273 53 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.25 16 250 10794 -47.5 -57.8 30 10.3 -47.8 276 60 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.06 17 200 12242 -55.4 -67.0 22 11.6 -55.6 277 65 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 14039 -64.0 -76.3 17 12.3 -64.1 266 66 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16487 -68.4 -83.1 11 14.6 -68.5 281 40 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.40 m Freezing level: 577.11 mb = 4695.52 m = 15405.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.71 mb = 3231.02 m = 10600.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.81 mb = 225.96 m = 741.34 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.78 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1898.90 m = 6229.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 15.54 C K Index: 19.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1271.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.89 mb = 688.93 m = 2260.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.89 mb = 2923.36 m = 9590.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.89 mb = 12022.28 m = 39442.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.89 mb = 15544.99 m = 51000.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 16.53 Bulk Shear: 76.90 m/s