MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.54,-91.66 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -91.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 23.2 21.3 89 1.9 21.9 189 9 295.7 298.6 294.7 341.8 16.05 1 1000 98 23.4 20.9 86 2.5 21.7 188 16 296.6 299.4 294.8 342.1 15.77 2 950 546 21.5 18.9 85 2.6 19.7 202 30 299.0 301.7 294.7 341.6 14.62 3 900 1015 19.4 16.6 84 2.8 17.5 215 30 301.5 303.9 294.5 340.7 13.32 4 850 1506 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.3 227 29 304.0 306.3 294.4 340.6 12.28 5 800 2022 14.2 11.8 85 2.5 12.6 236 30 306.3 308.4 294.1 339.2 10.92 6 750 2565 11.2 9.4 88 1.9 10.1 242 31 308.8 310.6 294.0 338.9 9.91 7 700 3140 7.9 6.9 93 1.0 7.3 245 30 311.2 312.9 294.0 338.8 8.94 8 650 3748 4.2 -1.5 66 5.7 1.3 254 31 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.28 9 600 4394 -0.2 -8.6 53 8.4 -3.9 257 34 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.7 3.33 10 550 5084 -5.3 -10.8 65 5.5 -7.5 251 34 317.8 318.4 291.1 327.8 3.04 11 500 5828 -7.7 -32.1 12 24.4 -13.5 250 38 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.6 0.52 12 450 6641 -12.2 -41.1 7 28.9 -17.3 253 48 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.23 13 400 7530 -18.8 -40.2 13 21.4 -22.2 246 52 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.29 14 350 8510 -25.7 -47.7 11 22.0 -28.1 247 57 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.15 15 300 9607 -34.4 -51.4 16 17.1 -35.7 251 61 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.11 16 250 10860 -41.9 -52.6 31 10.6 -42.6 254 56 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.2 0.12 17 200 12342 -52.0 -68.1 13 16.1 -52.3 257 54 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14145 -65.1 -74.7 26 9.5 -65.2 259 47 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16553 -72.6 -82.5 21 10.0 -72.6 258 23 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.85 m Freezing level: 602.25 mb = 4364.99 m = 14320.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.88 mb = 3899.69 m = 12794.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.28 mb = 263.18 m = 863.44 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1427.21 m = 4682.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 38.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.03 mb = 804.96 m = 2640.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.03 mb = 2939.47 m = 9643.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.03 mb = 10154.72 m = 33315.61 ft B at Equ Level: 434.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.03 mb = 12762.27 m = 41870.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 7.01 Bulk Shear: 62.26 m/s