MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 88 SFC 997 112 21.1 20.1 94 1.0 20.4 202 11 294.5 297.2 293.7 337.4 14.99 2 950 533 19.4 19.0 98 0.4 19.1 204 31 296.9 299.5 294.1 339.4 14.72 3 900 1000 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.2 219 43 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.33 4 850 1489 16.1 14.6 91 1.5 15.1 229 43 303.0 305.3 294.3 339.8 12.38 5 800 2004 13.5 12.3 92 1.2 12.7 236 43 305.5 307.6 294.2 339.4 11.30 6 750 2546 10.5 9.9 96 0.6 10.1 242 42 308.0 309.9 294.1 339.1 10.26 7 700 3119 7.3 6.0 91 1.4 6.5 245 40 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.4 8.38 8 650 3726 3.6 -0.9 72 4.5 1.3 244 38 313.0 314.1 291.8 330.3 5.50 9 600 4371 -0.9 -5.4 71 4.5 -3.0 243 39 315.1 316.0 291.4 328.8 4.27 10 550 5060 -4.8 -10.7 63 5.9 -7.2 238 39 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.5 3.07 11 500 5804 -8.8 -17.5 49 8.7 -11.8 233 40 322.3 322.7 291.4 328.9 1.93 12 450 6613 -13.2 -20.6 54 7.4 -15.4 245 45 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.4 1.65 13 400 7500 -18.9 -26.2 53 7.3 -20.7 246 51 330.4 330.6 292.9 334.4 1.13 14 350 8481 -25.4 -28.7 73 3.4 -26.1 253 50 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.3 1.02 15 300 9581 -33.9 -34.1 98 0.2 -33.9 258 41 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.3 0.71 16 250 10832 -43.8 -43.8 100 -0.0 -43.8 263 42 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.1 0.31 17 200 12302 -52.1 -68.1 13 15.9 -52.5 256 70 350.2 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14105 -64.8 -75.2 23 10.4 -64.9 257 58 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16527 -72.4 -82.8 19 10.4 -72.5 238 30 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.66 m Freezing level: 609.58 mb = 4247.02 m = 13933.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 3911.45 m = 12832.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.76 mb = 239.29 m = 785.07 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1244.82 m = 4084.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 38.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.93 mb = 689.60 m = 2262.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.93 mb = 3142.93 m = 10311.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.93 mb = 8316.77 m = 27285.65 ft B at Equ Level: 239.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.93 mb = 11736.35 m = 38504.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 343.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 68.28 m/s