MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.3,-90.02 Latitude: 32.30 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 81 SFC 997 107 21.2 20.4 95 0.8 20.7 202 11 294.6 297.4 293.9 338.4 15.31 2 950 526 19.3 19.3 100 -0.0 19.3 205 31 296.8 299.5 294.3 340.1 15.00 3 900 992 18.6 17.0 90 1.6 17.5 223 46 300.7 303.2 294.6 340.9 13.69 4 850 1483 17.3 14.3 83 2.9 15.3 236 46 304.2 306.5 294.4 340.5 12.17 5 800 1999 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.7 243 43 306.1 308.2 294.2 339.4 11.10 6 750 2541 10.8 9.5 91 1.4 10.0 246 41 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.6 9.97 7 700 3115 7.6 6.1 90 1.5 6.7 247 40 310.9 312.5 293.6 336.9 8.46 8 650 3722 3.7 1.2 84 2.5 2.4 247 39 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.3 6.45 9 600 4368 -0.5 -2.8 84 2.3 -1.7 247 39 315.5 316.5 292.2 332.0 5.18 10 550 5059 -4.5 -8.9 71 4.4 -6.4 242 40 318.7 319.4 291.8 330.3 3.54 11 500 5803 -8.6 -14.9 60 6.3 -10.9 237 41 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.7 2.41 12 450 6613 -13.1 -18.5 64 5.4 -14.9 245 42 326.7 327.1 292.7 333.5 1.97 13 400 7500 -18.9 -22.4 74 3.4 -19.9 249 44 330.4 330.7 293.3 336.0 1.59 14 350 8482 -25.4 -27.1 86 1.7 -25.8 257 45 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.9 1.19 15 300 9583 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.3 270 41 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.4 0.77 16 250 10836 -43.7 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 264 45 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12306 -52.4 -60.5 37 8.1 -52.6 258 70 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.06 18 150 14107 -65.4 -74.8 26 9.4 -65.5 253 55 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16530 -72.3 -82.9 19 10.6 -72.3 236 29 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.26 m Freezing level: 606.38 mb = 4285.40 m = 14059.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.77 mb = 4093.31 m = 13429.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.11 mb = 211.08 m = 692.52 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1490.48 m = 4889.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 38.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 291.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.39 mb = 640.86 m = 2102.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.39 mb = 3086.48 m = 10126.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.39 mb = 8850.48 m = 29036.64 ft B at Equ Level: 290.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.39 mb = 12227.69 m = 40116.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.1 neg: -2.5 tot: 388.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 77.79 m/s