MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 33.03,-90.44 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 43 25.4 18.4 65 7.0 20.6 157 8 298.0 300.4 293.4 336.6 13.32 1 1000 104 25.0 17.6 63 7.5 19.9 160 12 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.1 12.72 2 950 552 21.3 15.8 71 5.5 17.6 184 16 298.8 301.0 292.7 333.6 11.96 3 900 1018 17.8 14.0 78 3.8 15.3 211 18 299.8 301.9 292.4 332.7 11.21 4 850 1505 14.3 11.9 86 2.4 12.8 229 24 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.7 10.37 5 800 2015 10.7 9.0 89 1.7 9.6 236 29 302.5 304.2 291.5 329.3 9.01 6 750 2551 7.9 3.7 75 4.2 5.5 247 30 305.1 306.4 290.3 325.2 6.65 7 700 3117 4.6 -0.9 68 5.4 1.8 241 31 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.4 5.13 8 650 3717 1.1 -8.2 50 9.3 -2.9 230 34 310.3 310.9 288.8 320.3 3.17 9 600 4357 -2.3 -12.0 47 9.7 -6.1 223 42 313.5 314.0 289.3 321.7 2.54 10 550 5043 -6.2 -11.3 67 5.1 -8.2 223 51 316.7 317.3 290.6 326.3 2.92 11 500 5782 -10.8 -12.1 91 1.2 -11.3 229 56 319.8 320.4 291.7 329.8 3.03 12 450 6585 -15.6 -16.7 92 1.1 -16.0 237 61 323.6 324.0 292.1 331.4 2.30 13 400 7465 -20.6 -20.7 99 0.1 -20.6 249 65 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.6 1.84 14 350 8440 -27.7 -27.7 100 -0.0 -27.8 253 67 331.3 331.6 293.2 335.4 1.12 15 300 9528 -36.1 -36.2 99 0.1 -36.1 261 61 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.7 0.58 16 250 10768 -46.2 -46.2 100 0.0 -46.2 259 74 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 12210 -58.3 -58.4 99 0.1 -58.3 251 81 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 18 150 13982 -63.3 -76.8 14 13.5 -63.4 252 89 360.9 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16442 -68.6 -83.5 10 14.9 -68.7 255 44 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.66 m Freezing level: 633.38 mb = 3929.81 m = 12892.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.92 mb = 3340.94 m = 10960.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.86 mb = 933.73 m = 3063.38 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1520.63 m = 4988.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 31.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.15 mb = 1227.64 m = 4027.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.15 mb = 1877.98 m = 6161.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.15 mb = 7406.80 m = 24300.23 ft B at Equ Level: 220.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.15 mb = 10947.33 m = 35916.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 142.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.04 Bulk Shear: 108.84 m/s