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: 30.76,-89.47 Latitude: 30.76 Longitude: -89.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 60 22.6 20.1 85 2.6 20.9 193 5 295.3 298.0 293.8 338.0 14.87 1 1000 107 22.9 19.9 83 3.0 20.8 194 8 296.0 298.7 293.9 338.5 14.74 2 950 554 20.9 18.1 84 2.9 19.0 199 26 298.4 301.0 294.0 338.7 13.86 3 900 1021 18.1 17.0 93 1.1 17.4 209 28 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.1 13.66 4 850 1510 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 221 29 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.0 12.33 5 800 2024 13.2 11.7 91 1.5 12.3 229 29 305.2 307.2 293.8 337.8 10.87 6 750 2566 10.9 9.3 90 1.6 9.9 236 30 308.4 310.3 293.9 338.4 9.88 7 700 3140 8.0 6.9 93 1.1 7.3 242 30 311.3 313.0 294.0 338.9 8.93 8 650 3749 4.4 3.9 96 0.6 4.1 245 28 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.3 7.79 9 600 4397 -0.0 -0.8 95 0.8 -0.4 246 28 316.1 317.2 293.1 335.2 6.03 10 550 5090 -3.8 -7.6 75 3.8 -5.5 250 33 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.5 3.94 11 500 5838 -7.5 -14.6 57 7.1 -10.2 243 33 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.3 2.47 12 450 6650 -12.6 -32.1 18 19.4 -17.0 235 31 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.58 13 400 7538 -18.7 -35.4 21 16.7 -21.8 249 40 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.47 14 350 8519 -25.8 -39.3 27 13.4 -27.8 254 48 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.36 15 300 9617 -33.8 -47.1 25 13.3 -35.0 251 51 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.5 0.18 16 250 10870 -42.7 -48.9 50 6.3 -43.1 257 49 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.18 17 200 12342 -53.2 -66.8 18 13.6 -53.5 261 48 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14134 -65.1 -74.7 25 9.6 -65.2 258 48 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16545 -72.2 -82.8 19 10.6 -72.2 245 29 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.39 m Freezing level: 600.29 mb = 4393.26 m = 14413.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.91 mb = 4331.02 m = 14209.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.77 mb = 383.71 m = 1258.87 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1205.04 m = 3953.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 36.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.61 mb = 834.97 m = 2739.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.61 mb = 3816.51 m = 12521.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.61 mb = 8839.49 m = 29000.60 ft B at Equ Level: 99.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.61 mb = 10744.78 m = 35251.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 209.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 46.69 m/s