MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.64,-90.51 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -90.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 22.3 18.7 80 3.6 19.8 234 8 294.6 297.1 292.6 333.4 13.56 1 1000 121 21.4 17.7 80 3.7 18.9 234 12 294.5 296.8 292.0 331.2 12.84 2 950 563 17.7 16.3 91 1.4 16.8 227 18 295.1 297.4 291.9 330.6 12.34 3 900 1024 14.7 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 223 21 296.6 298.7 291.7 330.2 11.62 4 850 1507 12.4 11.4 94 1.0 11.8 225 24 299.1 300.9 291.3 328.4 10.01 5 800 2014 9.9 6.2 77 3.8 7.8 227 25 301.7 303.1 289.9 323.8 7.43 6 750 2549 7.5 -4.1 44 11.5 2.0 232 28 304.7 305.4 287.5 316.3 3.77 7 700 3112 3.5 -9.8 37 13.3 -1.9 230 29 306.4 306.9 286.9 314.6 2.59 8 650 3709 0.0 -16.2 28 16.2 -5.7 233 30 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.4 1.65 9 600 4345 -3.7 -22.4 22 18.7 -9.2 239 29 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.3 1.05 10 550 5026 -8.7 -26.8 22 18.1 -13.2 244 27 313.8 313.9 287.6 316.4 0.77 11 500 5756 -14.3 -34.5 16 20.2 -18.1 252 32 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.0 0.41 12 450 6546 -19.6 -42.5 11 22.9 -22.7 266 37 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.3 0.20 13 400 7409 -25.3 -46.6 12 21.3 -27.5 262 49 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.15 14 350 8371 -29.3 -58.8 4 29.5 -31.3 248 88 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.04 15 300 9454 -36.9 -65.6 4 28.7 -38.1 245 94 333.4 333.4 292.6 333.4 0.02 16 250 10690 -46.3 -67.3 7 21.0 -46.8 235 95 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 17 200 12141 -55.3 -68.6 18 13.3 -55.5 242 101 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13945 -60.8 -74.6 15 13.7 -61.0 249 77 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16442 -65.1 -83.7 6 18.5 -65.3 241 33 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.39 m Freezing level: 649.81 mb = 3711.68 m = 12177.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.56 mb = 2830.52 m = 9286.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.09 mb = 490.07 m = 1607.82 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 837.54 m = 2747.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 24.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 462.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.50 mb = 730.93 m = 2398.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.50 mb = 1057.16 m = 3468.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.50 mb = 8238.47 m = 27028.77 ft B at Equ Level: 458.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.50 mb = 11332.09 m = 37178.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 22.80 Bulk Shear: 20.30 m/s