MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 24.7 21.6 83 3.1 22.5 190 8 297.0 299.9 295.3 344.0 16.29 1 1000 108 24.5 21.1 81 3.4 22.1 191 15 297.7 300.6 295.3 343.9 15.95 2 950 557 21.0 19.1 89 1.8 19.7 194 23 298.5 301.1 294.7 341.6 14.83 3 900 1024 18.4 15.0 80 3.4 16.1 206 23 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.5 11.96 4 850 1513 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.9 218 23 303.0 305.0 293.2 335.4 10.93 5 800 2027 13.8 9.3 74 4.5 11.0 227 23 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.5 9.20 6 750 2569 11.1 6.6 74 4.5 8.4 236 24 308.6 310.2 292.7 333.6 8.19 7 700 3143 8.3 2.6 67 5.7 5.1 242 25 311.6 312.9 292.3 332.2 6.61 8 650 3752 4.9 2.1 82 2.8 3.3 248 25 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.9 6.85 9 600 4401 0.6 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 254 27 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.6 6.56 10 550 5095 -3.5 -5.0 90 1.5 -4.2 250 27 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.6 4.82 11 500 5844 -7.1 -10.3 78 3.2 -8.5 243 29 324.4 325.1 293.3 336.0 3.50 12 450 6659 -11.6 -21.3 44 9.7 -14.6 242 29 328.7 329.0 292.8 334.1 1.55 13 400 7551 -17.9 -39.4 13 21.5 -21.5 253 32 331.8 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.31 14 350 8533 -26.1 -45.9 14 19.8 -28.3 260 39 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.18 15 300 9628 -34.7 -50.4 19 15.7 -35.9 256 44 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.13 16 250 10878 -42.5 -50.0 44 7.5 -43.0 248 44 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.16 17 200 12351 -53.0 -67.6 15 14.7 -53.3 268 47 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14146 -65.0 -75.1 24 10.1 -65.1 254 43 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16547 -72.1 -82.6 19 10.4 -72.2 231 25 388.4 388.4 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.32 m Freezing level: 592.46 mb = 4505.88 m = 14782.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.79 mb = 4470.82 m = 14667.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.31 mb = 408.03 m = 1338.66 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.52 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1083.46 m = 3554.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.20 mb = 794.63 m = 2607.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.20 mb = 3391.01 m = 11125.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.20 mb = 10370.71 m = 34024.23 ft B at Equ Level: 276.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.20 mb = 12697.22 m = 41657.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 7.67 Bulk Shear: 36.54 m/s