MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 34.00,-90.29 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 12.1 7.1 72 5.0 9.5 287 13 284.9 286.0 282.4 302.6 6.32 1 1000 94 11.7 6.9 72 4.8 9.1 288 16 284.8 285.9 282.3 302.2 6.23 2 950 520 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.6 287 26 284.9 285.9 282.0 301.7 6.01 3 900 962 4.0 3.9 99 0.1 3.9 288 32 285.6 286.6 282.0 301.4 5.63 4 850 1425 1.3 1.3 100 0.0 1.3 291 29 287.5 288.4 282.0 301.6 4.94 5 800 1912 -0.3 -0.4 100 0.0 -0.3 289 25 290.8 291.6 283.1 304.3 4.66 6 750 2427 -2.3 -2.5 99 0.2 -2.4 280 26 294.1 294.8 284.0 306.5 4.24 7 700 2972 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.6 281 27 296.5 297.1 284.2 307.0 3.53 8 650 3551 -8.4 -9.0 96 0.6 -8.6 280 29 299.5 300.0 284.8 308.6 2.98 9 600 4168 -12.2 -12.6 97 0.4 -12.3 277 28 302.0 302.5 285.1 309.5 2.42 10 550 4827 -17.3 -18.3 92 1.0 -17.6 278 21 303.6 303.9 284.9 308.8 1.64 11 500 5535 -21.3 -44.4 11 23.1 -23.8 284 20 307.1 307.1 284.4 307.7 0.15 12 450 6305 -26.1 -58.1 3 32.1 -28.2 273 34 310.5 310.5 285.5 310.6 0.03 13 400 7150 -29.5 -61.3 3 31.8 -31.3 264 51 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.03 14 350 8096 -32.9 -63.8 3 30.9 -34.4 262 82 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.5 0.02 15 300 9171 -36.7 -64.5 4 27.8 -37.9 255 94 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.02 16 250 10424 -40.5 -67.3 4 26.8 -41.5 257 117 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 17 200 11930 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.4 264 88 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 18 150 13815 -54.1 -80.0 3 25.9 -54.5 248 71 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.9 0.00 19 100 16365 -61.6 -84.0 4 22.4 -61.8 247 41 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5441.79 m Freezing level: 809.74 mb = 1817.46 m = 5962.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.11 mb = 1811.39 m = 5942.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.27 % Est. max temperature: 14.55 C = 58.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.25 mb = 682.98 m = 2240.72 ft T: 6.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.15 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 839.00 m = 2752.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.61 C = 54.70 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 6.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 23.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.15 mb = 790.08 m = 2592.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.15 mb = 924.82 m = 3034.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 844.15 mb = 1480.93 m = 4858.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.15 mb = 1771.49 m = 5811.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.8 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 312.8 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: -17.3 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 3.43 m/s