MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 105 SFC 999 112 18.3 16.9 92 1.4 17.4 212 4 291.5 293.7 290.6 326.0 12.20 2 950 545 17.7 13.5 76 4.2 15.1 271 16 295.2 297.0 290.2 324.8 10.30 3 900 1008 18.0 9.8 59 8.2 13.0 285 30 300.1 301.6 290.3 325.1 8.50 4 850 1495 15.6 5.8 52 9.8 10.0 291 33 302.5 303.7 289.6 322.9 6.81 5 800 2007 12.6 2.3 49 10.4 7.0 293 35 304.6 305.6 289.3 321.7 5.63 6 750 2545 8.8 0.4 55 8.4 4.4 288 37 306.1 307.1 289.4 322.2 5.24 7 700 3113 5.1 -2.0 60 7.1 1.5 275 39 308.2 309.0 289.6 322.8 4.72 8 650 3715 1.7 -1.4 80 3.1 0.1 253 47 310.9 311.9 291.0 327.5 5.32 9 600 4357 -1.5 -7.8 62 6.3 -4.3 259 48 314.4 315.0 290.5 325.7 3.53 10 550 5044 -6.2 -9.2 79 3.0 -7.4 262 51 316.8 317.4 291.2 328.0 3.47 11 500 5785 -9.8 -10.0 98 0.3 -9.9 259 50 321.1 321.8 292.5 332.9 3.57 12 450 6590 -15.0 -17.7 80 2.7 -15.9 260 49 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.12 13 400 7472 -20.2 -20.2 100 0.0 -20.2 252 46 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.5 1.92 14 350 8450 -26.0 -26.0 100 0.0 -26.0 236 43 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.31 15 300 9548 -33.7 -33.7 100 0.0 -33.7 220 38 337.9 338.1 294.5 340.7 0.74 16 250 10800 -42.9 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.2 233 47 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.24 17 200 12277 -52.3 -68.7 12 16.4 -52.6 253 70 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.02 18 150 14081 -63.9 -76.6 16 12.7 -64.0 257 56 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16506 -70.9 -83.2 15 12.3 -71.0 257 37 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.19 m Freezing level: 623.38 mb = 4056.52 m = 13308.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.46 mb = 3733.60 m = 12249.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.26 mb = 284.54 m = 933.53 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.44 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.34 mb = 2333.20 m = 7654.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lifted Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 24.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7002.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.69 mb = 1135.16 m = 3724.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.8 neg: -20.8 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 104.78 m/s