MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.20,-92.89 Latitude: 31.20 Longitude: -92.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 66 22.0 20.8 93 1.2 21.2 233 8 295.1 297.9 294.3 339.9 15.65 1 1000 80 22.2 20.7 91 1.5 21.1 229 9 295.3 298.1 294.3 339.9 15.52 2 950 527 20.5 17.4 82 3.1 18.4 222 22 298.0 300.4 293.4 336.6 13.27 3 900 993 17.9 14.9 83 3.0 15.9 227 23 299.9 302.1 293.0 334.7 11.90 4 850 1482 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 231 23 301.8 303.8 292.6 333.2 10.64 5 800 1993 12.2 9.7 85 2.4 10.7 236 23 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.5 9.51 6 750 2532 9.0 6.7 86 2.3 7.7 240 24 306.4 307.9 292.1 331.4 8.26 7 700 3101 5.5 3.6 87 1.9 4.4 242 25 308.6 309.9 291.8 330.3 7.08 8 650 3705 2.7 0.5 85 2.2 1.5 245 29 312.0 313.2 292.0 331.0 6.09 9 600 4349 -0.8 -2.6 88 1.8 -1.7 244 31 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.9 5.27 10 550 5039 -4.9 -6.5 88 1.6 -5.6 243 32 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.1 4.27 11 500 5781 -9.1 -10.7 88 1.6 -9.8 241 33 322.0 322.6 292.6 333.2 3.38 12 450 6588 -13.7 -14.9 91 1.2 -14.2 241 34 326.0 326.5 293.1 335.1 2.67 13 400 7472 -19.1 -19.5 96 0.4 -19.3 243 36 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.2 2.03 14 350 8452 -25.4 -25.5 100 0.0 -25.4 246 38 334.5 334.7 294.2 339.4 1.38 15 300 9551 -33.1 -33.1 100 0.0 -33.1 248 44 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.6 0.78 16 250 10805 -43.3 -43.4 100 0.0 -43.3 248 58 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.33 17 200 12260 -56.7 -56.8 99 0.1 -56.7 247 66 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.09 18 150 14025 -68.8 -70.3 81 1.5 -68.8 252 80 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 19 100 16471 -68.5 -83.3 10 14.8 -68.5 260 31 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.10 m Freezing level: 611.28 mb = 4204.06 m = 13792.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.54 mb = 4001.05 m = 13126.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.27 mb = 218.25 m = 716.03 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1237.82 m = 4061.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.14 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.74 mb = 853.31 m = 2799.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.74 mb = 2207.68 m = 7242.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.74 mb = 7291.48 m = 23921.90 ft B at Equ Level: 175.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.74 mb = 10032.31 m = 32913.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.27 Bulk Shear: 19.03 m/s