MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 17 24.2 20.4 79 3.8 21.5 175 7 296.4 299.1 294.3 339.9 15.07 1 1000 115 24.4 19.7 75 4.7 21.1 178 14 297.6 300.2 294.3 339.9 14.59 2 950 563 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 186 22 298.5 301.0 293.7 337.6 13.43 3 900 1030 17.9 14.2 79 3.8 15.5 191 22 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.3 11.37 4 850 1518 15.7 10.4 71 5.3 12.4 197 21 302.6 304.3 291.8 330.5 9.37 5 800 2031 13.9 3.3 49 10.6 8.0 208 20 306.0 307.1 290.1 324.5 6.08 6 750 2573 11.9 -4.2 32 16.1 4.0 222 18 309.5 310.2 289.1 321.2 3.72 7 700 3147 9.2 -10.2 24 19.4 0.8 229 18 312.7 313.2 289.0 320.8 2.51 8 650 3757 5.8 -11.2 28 16.9 -1.4 233 17 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.7 2.51 9 600 4407 2.1 -13.0 32 15.1 -4.0 234 21 318.6 319.0 290.7 326.4 2.35 10 550 5104 -2.5 -5.7 79 3.1 -4.0 239 22 321.1 322.0 293.3 336.0 4.56 11 500 5854 -7.1 -9.1 86 2.0 -8.0 247 25 324.3 325.1 293.6 337.1 3.83 12 450 6670 -10.9 -16.7 63 5.7 -13.0 253 27 329.5 329.9 293.7 337.5 2.31 13 400 7564 -17.4 -24.2 55 6.8 -19.3 250 26 332.4 332.6 293.6 337.2 1.35 14 350 8548 -25.7 -35.6 39 9.9 -27.3 258 30 334.1 334.2 293.3 336.1 0.53 15 300 9644 -34.7 -39.6 61 5.0 -35.3 255 31 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.1 0.41 16 250 10895 -42.7 -46.9 64 4.2 -43.0 262 43 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.22 17 200 12367 -52.5 -63.4 25 11.0 -52.8 274 47 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14171 -63.8 -76.4 16 12.6 -63.9 267 40 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16564 -75.0 -82.4 30 7.5 -75.0 220 22 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.81 m Freezing level: 577.23 mb = 4724.19 m = 15499.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.45 mb = 3355.94 m = 11010.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.31 mb = 505.31 m = 1657.81 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 19.02 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1420.05 m = 4658.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.56 C K Index: 13.82 Risk: None Sweat Index: 313.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3436.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.41 mb = 958.78 m = 3145.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 21.02 m/s