MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 30.80,-89.41 Latitude: 30.80 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 63 29.5 19.9 56 9.6 22.6 223 8 302.4 305.1 295.7 345.9 14.74 1 1000 84 28.4 19.3 58 9.1 22.0 226 11 301.5 304.2 295.1 343.4 14.22 2 950 537 23.6 17.8 70 5.8 19.6 232 21 301.1 303.7 294.6 341.2 13.64 3 900 1007 19.4 16.6 84 2.7 17.5 238 23 301.5 303.9 294.5 340.8 13.35 4 850 1496 15.5 14.6 95 0.9 14.9 242 25 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.0 12.40 5 800 2009 12.8 9.6 81 3.2 10.8 246 25 304.8 306.6 292.6 333.1 9.42 6 750 2550 11.0 0.5 48 10.5 5.4 253 23 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.8 5.28 7 700 3122 7.7 -6.0 37 13.7 1.3 253 23 311.0 311.6 289.3 322.0 3.48 8 650 3729 4.9 -8.0 39 12.9 -0.9 254 30 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.8 3.21 9 600 4378 1.5 -10.4 41 11.9 -3.6 261 35 317.9 318.4 290.9 327.3 2.89 10 550 5073 -2.5 -16.8 33 14.2 -7.7 269 39 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.4 1.87 11 500 5822 -7.4 -21.6 31 14.2 -11.9 270 43 324.0 324.2 291.3 328.7 1.36 12 450 6633 -13.5 -26.0 34 12.4 -16.7 267 44 326.3 326.5 291.7 329.9 1.02 13 400 7517 -20.5 -29.5 45 9.0 -22.5 263 45 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.3 0.83 14 350 8488 -28.7 -35.6 51 6.9 -29.7 264 46 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.0 0.52 15 300 9570 -38.0 -41.5 69 3.6 -38.3 271 46 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.33 16 250 10800 -47.0 -53.4 47 6.5 -47.2 277 51 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 17 200 12247 -56.3 -60.0 63 3.7 -56.3 268 53 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14045 -63.9 -82.8 6 18.9 -64.0 259 60 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16492 -70.5 -82.9 14 12.4 -70.6 264 37 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.22 m Freezing level: 581.46 mb = 4635.90 m = 15209.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.17 mb = 3466.77 m = 11373.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.76 mb = 1269.99 m = 4166.57 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 23.95 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1382.98 m = 4537.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 881.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.97 mb = 1277.81 m = 4192.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.97 mb = 1526.67 m = 5008.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.97 mb = 12025.28 m = 39452.53 ft B at Equ Level: 871.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.97 mb = 14593.37 m = 47877.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 91.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 25.74 Bulk Shear: 34.25 m/s