MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.46,-90.13 Latitude: 32.46 Longitude: -90.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 998 97 24.9 20.9 79 3.9 22.1 211 15 298.2 301.0 295.3 344.1 15.80 2 950 526 20.4 18.9 91 1.5 19.4 220 31 297.9 300.5 294.4 340.3 14.63 3 900 991 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.7 236 42 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.6 12.90 4 850 1480 15.6 12.2 80 3.5 13.4 246 42 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.7 10.53 5 800 1993 13.1 8.9 76 4.2 10.5 247 40 305.1 306.8 292.3 332.1 8.98 6 750 2534 10.0 4.4 68 5.5 6.8 245 37 307.4 308.7 291.4 328.8 7.02 7 700 3104 6.5 -2.4 53 8.9 2.1 244 36 309.7 310.6 290.0 324.0 4.59 8 650 3708 3.4 -6.4 49 9.8 -1.1 254 41 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.64 9 600 4353 -0.4 -13.9 35 13.5 -5.6 258 47 315.7 316.1 289.6 322.8 2.17 10 550 5044 -3.7 -22.2 22 18.6 -9.4 262 52 319.7 320.0 289.9 323.8 1.17 11 500 5790 -8.6 -26.5 22 17.8 -13.4 267 57 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.88 12 450 6598 -13.7 -33.0 18 19.2 -17.8 269 62 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.53 13 400 7481 -20.9 -35.9 25 15.0 -23.4 271 65 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.45 14 350 8450 -29.3 -42.3 27 13.0 -30.7 272 69 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.26 15 300 9529 -38.7 -48.7 34 10.0 -39.4 274 68 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 16 250 10754 -48.0 -58.9 27 10.9 -48.3 280 70 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12192 -57.4 -63.9 43 6.5 -57.6 272 65 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 13994 -61.5 -77.9 10 16.5 -61.6 263 73 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16475 -66.7 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 249 31 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.48 m Freezing level: 605.17 mb = 4286.48 m = 14063.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.58 mb = 3490.76 m = 11452.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.37 mb = 595.05 m = 1952.24 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 20.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 989.49 m = 3246.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 27.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 984.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.51 mb = 815.96 m = 2676.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.51 mb = 2167.63 m = 7111.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.51 mb = 12079.49 m = 39630.39 ft B at Equ Level: 972.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.51 mb = 14706.47 m = 48248.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.3 neg: -33.6 tot: 259.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 91.69 m/s