MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.76,-87.88 Latitude: 30.76 Longitude: -87.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 28 22.7 21.2 91 1.5 21.6 239 7 295.0 297.9 294.4 340.5 15.85 1 1000 114 23.2 20.2 83 3.1 21.1 241 13 296.4 299.1 294.3 339.7 15.03 2 950 562 21.8 17.5 77 4.3 18.9 259 25 299.3 301.8 293.9 338.3 13.36 3 900 1030 18.6 15.6 83 3.0 16.5 264 26 300.7 302.9 293.6 337.2 12.46 4 850 1519 15.7 13.5 86 2.3 14.3 269 28 302.6 304.8 293.5 336.7 11.51 5 800 2032 13.0 11.3 89 1.7 11.9 271 29 305.0 307.0 293.5 336.8 10.59 6 750 2573 9.9 8.8 93 1.1 9.2 270 30 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.52 7 700 3144 6.5 5.3 92 1.2 5.8 267 31 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.2 8.00 8 650 3750 3.4 0.1 79 3.3 1.7 264 30 312.8 313.9 292.1 331.5 5.96 9 600 4396 -0.1 -5.1 69 5.0 -2.5 261 30 316.0 316.8 291.7 330.0 4.37 10 550 5088 -3.6 -10.2 60 6.6 -6.4 254 35 319.8 320.4 291.8 330.3 3.19 11 500 5835 -8.4 -14.0 64 5.7 -10.5 253 35 322.8 323.4 292.2 331.5 2.58 12 450 6644 -14.1 -17.9 73 3.8 -15.3 256 34 325.5 326.0 292.4 332.7 2.08 13 400 7527 -20.3 -23.2 77 2.9 -21.1 252 38 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.8 1.48 14 350 8504 -26.3 -31.8 59 5.6 -27.3 246 48 333.3 333.5 293.3 336.1 0.76 15 300 9601 -34.0 -35.1 90 1.1 -34.2 241 41 337.4 337.5 294.3 339.8 0.64 16 250 10855 -42.6 -47.9 56 5.3 -42.9 229 46 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.20 17 200 12328 -53.4 -66.1 20 12.7 -53.7 248 52 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14125 -64.8 -75.4 22 10.5 -64.9 263 57 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16539 -74.4 -82.4 28 8.0 -74.5 263 34 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.24 m Freezing level: 601.39 mb = 4377.63 m = 14362.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4001.38 m = 13127.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.81 mb = 220.78 m = 724.35 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1382.17 m = 4534.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.61 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.90 mb = 935.00 m = 3067.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.90 mb = 2518.57 m = 8262.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.90 mb = 9033.57 m = 29637.35 ft B at Equ Level: 257.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.90 mb = 11553.25 m = 37903.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 11.43 Bulk Shear: 22.56 m/s