MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.40,-91.81 Latitude: 33.40 Longitude: -91.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 51 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 190 7 293.0 295.5 292.5 332.9 14.07 1 1000 89 20.8 19.1 90 1.6 19.6 191 10 293.9 296.4 292.8 334.0 14.06 2 950 534 20.8 16.8 78 4.0 18.1 227 24 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.3 12.75 3 900 1000 17.4 14.5 83 2.9 15.5 237 25 299.5 301.6 292.6 333.5 11.63 4 850 1487 14.2 12.2 88 2.0 12.9 244 27 301.0 302.9 292.3 332.0 10.54 5 800 1997 11.5 9.0 85 2.5 10.0 247 28 303.4 305.0 291.8 330.4 9.05 6 750 2535 8.5 2.7 67 5.7 5.4 249 31 305.8 306.9 290.2 324.7 6.22 7 700 3101 4.9 -3.3 55 8.3 1.0 252 36 308.0 308.8 289.1 321.2 4.27 8 650 3702 1.6 -9.4 44 11.0 -3.0 254 44 310.8 311.3 288.8 320.0 2.89 9 600 4342 -2.0 -16.3 32 14.4 -7.0 253 45 313.8 314.2 288.6 319.7 1.78 10 550 5029 -6.0 -19.6 33 13.6 -10.4 249 46 317.0 317.3 289.3 321.9 1.47 11 500 5768 -11.1 -23.4 36 12.3 -14.5 243 49 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.16 12 450 6568 -16.3 -29.9 30 13.6 -19.3 236 57 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.71 13 400 7443 -22.2 -37.1 25 14.9 -24.6 236 67 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.40 14 350 8411 -29.0 -43.4 24 14.4 -30.6 237 78 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.24 15 300 9495 -36.8 -44.0 48 7.1 -37.5 239 86 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.26 16 250 10732 -46.2 -52.7 48 6.5 -46.5 235 101 337.4 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 12178 -57.0 -58.9 79 1.9 -57.1 231 101 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.07 18 150 13968 -62.9 -77.2 13 14.3 -63.0 251 81 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16437 -66.2 -83.7 7 17.4 -66.4 263 47 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.74 m Freezing level: 627.42 mb = 3991.37 m = 13094.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.99 mb = 3241.63 m = 10635.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.45 mb = 172.16 m = 564.81 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.57 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1272.45 m = 4174.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 29.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 346.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.65 mb = 889.53 m = 2918.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.65 mb = 2243.89 m = 7361.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.65 mb = 9115.20 m = 29905.16 ft B at Equ Level: 346.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.65 mb = 12283.51 m = 40299.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 4.67 Bulk Shear: 74.25 m/s