MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.41,-89.86 Latitude: 32.41 Longitude: -89.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 998 112 24.0 18.6 72 5.3 20.3 178 12 297.3 299.8 293.5 336.8 13.67 2 950 541 20.9 17.8 82 3.1 18.8 183 29 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.1 13.64 3 900 1008 18.7 16.4 86 2.3 17.2 201 36 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.4 13.15 4 850 1499 16.7 13.0 79 3.7 14.3 209 29 303.6 305.6 293.5 336.7 11.14 5 800 2014 13.8 10.7 81 3.1 11.8 217 26 305.8 307.7 293.4 336.2 10.12 6 750 2556 11.3 7.1 75 4.2 8.8 232 29 308.8 310.4 293.0 334.7 8.47 7 700 3131 8.4 5.2 80 3.2 6.5 241 33 311.8 313.3 293.4 336.4 7.95 8 650 3740 4.7 -0.2 71 4.9 2.1 242 32 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.5 5.80 9 600 4388 0.5 -6.0 62 6.4 -2.6 239 33 316.7 317.4 291.6 329.8 4.09 10 550 5080 -3.9 -11.8 54 8.0 -7.1 241 35 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.81 11 500 5826 -8.5 -17.2 49 8.7 -11.5 244 36 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 1.99 12 450 6635 -13.8 -19.1 64 5.3 -15.5 243 39 325.9 326.3 292.3 332.4 1.87 13 400 7521 -19.4 -25.3 60 5.9 -20.9 245 52 329.7 330.0 292.8 334.1 1.22 14 350 8499 -26.3 -38.1 32 11.8 -28.0 243 57 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.41 15 300 9594 -34.7 -47.7 26 13.0 -35.8 249 61 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.2 0.17 16 250 10842 -43.2 -53.2 33 9.9 -43.8 251 60 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 17 200 12317 -52.1 -66.0 17 13.8 -52.5 257 67 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14123 -64.6 -75.9 20 11.3 -64.7 255 52 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16542 -72.2 -82.8 19 10.5 -72.3 244 33 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.91 m Freezing level: 594.65 mb = 4461.82 m = 14638.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.63 mb = 4023.22 m = 13199.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.19 mb = 788.53 m = 2587.02 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.70 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1688.02 m = 5538.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.85 mb = 1000.22 m = 3281.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.85 mb = 4309.15 m = 14137.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.85 mb = 9006.99 m = 29550.13 ft B at Equ Level: 130.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.85 mb = 10953.11 m = 35934.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.8 neg: -16.0 tot: 241.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 67.82 m/s