MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 22.1 21.2 95 0.9 21.5 270 5 294.3 297.1 294.2 339.6 15.83 1 1000 110 22.7 20.5 87 2.2 21.1 271 12 295.8 298.6 294.3 339.9 15.31 2 950 558 21.9 17.6 77 4.3 18.9 282 22 299.4 301.8 294.0 338.6 13.44 3 900 1027 19.3 15.2 77 4.1 16.6 288 25 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.3 12.19 4 850 1517 16.5 12.2 75 4.3 13.7 291 27 303.4 305.4 293.0 334.8 10.54 5 800 2031 13.2 9.1 76 4.1 10.7 288 27 305.3 306.9 292.4 332.7 9.13 6 750 2572 9.9 5.5 74 4.3 7.3 277 26 307.3 308.7 291.8 330.4 7.60 7 700 3142 6.4 1.3 70 5.1 3.7 266 26 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.03 8 650 3747 2.9 -1.9 70 4.9 0.5 257 25 312.3 313.3 291.2 328.4 5.11 9 600 4392 -0.1 -9.8 48 9.7 -4.3 249 27 316.0 316.5 290.5 325.8 3.03 10 550 5083 -3.9 -18.4 31 14.6 -8.8 249 33 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.0 1.63 11 500 5828 -9.4 -13.8 71 4.4 -11.1 265 36 321.5 322.1 291.8 330.4 2.64 12 450 6636 -13.3 -32.6 18 19.3 -17.4 269 36 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.55 13 400 7521 -20.0 -38.6 17 18.6 -23.0 262 41 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.34 14 350 8496 -26.9 -45.1 16 18.2 -28.9 249 48 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.20 15 300 9595 -32.6 -52.7 12 20.2 -34.2 238 46 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.10 16 250 10855 -41.4 -60.7 11 19.3 -42.2 244 47 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 17 200 12330 -53.5 -67.2 17 13.7 -53.7 251 52 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14125 -65.0 -75.5 22 10.5 -65.1 260 58 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16541 -73.8 -82.5 25 8.7 -73.8 265 38 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.57 m Freezing level: 602.17 mb = 4363.53 m = 14315.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.85 mb = 3810.75 m = 12502.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.83 mb = 129.41 m = 424.58 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1542.52 m = 5060.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 311.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.71 mb = 905.41 m = 2970.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.71 mb = 2486.19 m = 8156.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.71 mb = 8965.11 m = 29412.74 ft B at Equ Level: 309.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.71 mb = 11472.68 m = 37639.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 297.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.4 neg: -21.8 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 16.04 Bulk Shear: 19.40 m/s