MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.24,-91.54 Latitude: 32.24 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 27 26.5 18.6 62 7.9 21.0 193 10 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.5 13.51 1 1000 80 26.8 18.2 59 8.6 20.9 195 15 299.9 302.4 294.0 338.8 13.29 2 950 532 24.2 17.3 65 6.9 19.5 200 27 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.6 13.16 3 900 1004 20.3 16.2 77 4.1 17.5 199 29 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.7 12.97 4 850 1495 16.1 14.9 92 1.3 15.3 199 29 303.0 305.4 294.4 340.4 12.60 5 800 2009 13.5 12.4 93 1.1 12.7 204 30 305.5 307.6 294.2 339.6 11.37 6 750 2551 10.8 9.2 90 1.5 9.8 222 30 308.3 310.1 293.9 338.0 9.81 7 700 3125 7.6 6.0 90 1.6 6.6 236 36 310.9 312.5 293.5 336.8 8.42 8 650 3733 4.2 -1.9 65 6.0 1.1 240 36 313.7 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.13 9 600 4379 0.0 -8.9 51 9.0 -3.9 239 36 316.2 316.8 290.7 326.7 3.24 10 550 5071 -3.8 -13.7 46 10.0 -7.6 237 38 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.6 2.41 11 500 5818 -8.1 -16.3 52 8.2 -11.0 242 41 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.4 2.14 12 450 6628 -13.4 -17.6 71 4.2 -14.8 249 44 326.4 326.8 292.7 333.8 2.14 13 400 7515 -19.0 -23.1 70 4.1 -20.1 244 49 330.3 330.6 293.2 335.6 1.49 14 350 8496 -25.8 -29.8 69 4.0 -26.6 248 53 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.4 0.92 15 300 9593 -34.2 -36.2 82 2.0 -34.5 251 57 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.58 16 250 10845 -42.7 -43.9 88 1.2 -42.8 255 53 342.6 342.6 295.2 343.8 0.31 17 200 12319 -52.2 -63.0 26 10.8 -52.5 265 67 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.04 18 150 14129 -63.9 -76.3 17 12.4 -64.0 263 51 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16545 -71.8 -82.7 18 10.8 -71.9 264 24 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.70 m Freezing level: 599.57 mb = 4385.25 m = 14387.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.15 mb = 3868.76 m = 12692.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.48 mb = 1037.32 m = 3403.25 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1668.01 m = 5472.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.94 mb = 1354.99 m = 4445.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.94 mb = 3019.44 m = 9906.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.94 mb = 9850.93 m = 32318.94 ft B at Equ Level: 260.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.94 mb = 12030.07 m = 39468.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 6.03 Bulk Shear: 43.74 m/s