MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 1010 17 23.3 21.8 91 1.5 22.3 215 7 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.1 16.52 1 1000 105 23.8 21.0 84 2.8 21.8 215 14 297.0 299.8 295.0 342.8 15.84 2 950 553 21.5 18.8 84 2.8 19.6 222 25 299.0 301.7 294.6 341.2 14.48 3 900 1021 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.3 231 27 300.7 303.2 294.3 340.0 13.39 4 850 1511 16.0 14.4 90 1.6 15.0 238 28 302.9 305.2 294.1 339.2 12.23 5 800 2025 13.6 12.1 91 1.5 12.6 245 29 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.0 11.14 6 750 2568 10.9 9.6 92 1.3 10.0 253 30 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.9 10.03 7 700 3141 7.5 6.3 92 1.3 6.8 259 30 310.8 312.4 293.6 337.1 8.56 8 650 3748 3.5 2.1 91 1.3 2.7 261 29 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.4 6.89 9 600 4394 -0.8 -2.8 86 2.1 -1.8 261 28 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.7 5.18 10 550 5084 -4.9 -9.2 71 4.4 -6.7 250 28 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.6 3.45 11 500 5829 -7.9 -14.7 58 6.9 -10.4 236 35 323.5 323.9 292.2 331.7 2.44 12 450 6641 -12.9 -23.0 43 10.1 -15.8 237 37 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.34 13 400 7528 -19.2 -30.1 38 10.9 -21.6 247 45 330.0 330.1 292.5 332.9 0.78 14 350 8507 -26.1 -38.0 32 11.9 -27.9 250 50 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.41 15 300 9605 -33.5 -38.9 58 5.4 -34.1 256 44 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.9 0.44 16 250 10862 -42.7 -44.9 79 2.2 -42.9 235 38 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.28 17 200 12332 -53.5 -58.4 55 5.0 -53.7 255 48 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14121 -65.8 -74.2 30 8.5 -65.8 259 57 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16531 -73.2 -82.7 22 9.5 -73.3 253 32 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.55 m Freezing level: 609.16 mb = 4275.41 m = 14026.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.91 mb = 4130.44 m = 13551.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.75 mb = 203.54 m = 667.78 ft T: 23.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.51 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1135.04 m = 3723.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.67 mb = 796.25 m = 2612.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.67 mb = 2582.40 m = 8472.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.67 mb = 9870.51 m = 32383.17 ft B at Equ Level: 489.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.67 mb = 13391.28 m = 43934.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 16.22 Bulk Shear: 30.18 m/s