MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 32.19,-93.34 Latitude: 32.19 Longitude: -93.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 69 21.6 20.4 93 1.2 20.8 212 7 294.1 296.8 293.6 337.3 15.13 1 1000 133 21.4 20.3 93 1.1 20.6 214 11 294.5 297.2 293.7 337.8 15.12 2 950 578 19.4 19.3 100 0.1 19.4 228 24 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.3 15.03 3 900 1045 19.6 13.3 67 6.4 15.5 244 29 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.3 10.69 4 850 1536 17.9 9.2 57 8.7 12.6 264 27 304.9 306.5 292.0 330.9 8.65 5 800 2053 15.0 5.0 51 10.1 9.2 280 25 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.1 6.84 6 750 2595 11.0 1.8 53 9.3 6.0 286 22 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.5 5.81 7 700 3166 6.3 -3.3 50 9.5 1.6 277 11 309.4 310.2 289.6 322.8 4.29 8 650 3769 3.5 -19.1 17 22.6 -4.3 260 16 312.9 313.2 287.8 317.2 1.30 9 600 4416 1.5 -34.6 5 36.1 -7.4 270 32 317.9 317.9 288.5 319.1 0.34 10 550 5110 -3.3 -37.1 5 33.9 -10.6 276 36 320.2 320.3 289.1 321.3 0.29 11 500 5855 -8.8 -39.7 6 30.8 -14.7 276 36 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.2 0.24 12 450 6662 -14.1 -44.1 6 30.0 -18.8 271 39 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.17 13 400 7545 -20.0 -45.2 9 25.2 -23.4 280 46 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 14 350 8520 -27.3 -48.3 12 21.0 -29.5 284 51 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 15 300 9611 -35.9 -51.4 19 15.5 -37.0 283 60 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10849 -45.8 -56.7 28 10.9 -46.3 285 71 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.07 17 200 12300 -56.1 -63.2 40 7.1 -56.2 286 80 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14087 -64.7 -75.8 20 11.1 -64.8 287 70 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16496 -74.4 -82.7 26 8.3 -74.4 275 50 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.80 m Freezing level: 584.08 mb = 4637.11 m = 15213.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.40 mb = 3325.99 m = 10911.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.76 mb = 213.83 m = 701.52 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 23.04 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1851.20 m = 6073.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 26.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 264.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.08 mb = 705.27 m = 2313.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.08 mb = 3036.41 m = 9961.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 621.08 mb = 4137.13 m = 13573.11 ft B at Equ Level: 45.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.08 mb = 12917.07 m = 42378.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.2 neg: -12.3 tot: 191.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 43.61 m/s