MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.09,-90.34 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 101 24.4 19.9 76 4.5 21.3 211 10 297.3 300.0 294.3 340.1 14.79 1 1000 124 23.6 19.6 78 4.0 20.9 213 12 296.8 299.4 294.0 338.8 14.54 2 950 569 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 218 22 296.8 299.4 293.8 337.9 14.25 3 900 1034 17.3 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 233 32 299.4 301.6 293.2 335.7 12.43 4 850 1521 14.6 12.4 87 2.2 13.2 240 33 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.1 10.72 5 800 2032 11.8 6.6 71 5.2 8.8 243 32 303.7 305.1 290.7 326.7 7.67 6 750 2570 9.2 1.5 58 7.7 5.1 242 28 306.6 307.7 290.0 324.0 5.69 7 700 3139 6.2 1.6 73 4.5 3.7 231 26 309.3 310.5 291.2 328.3 6.17 8 650 3743 2.3 -1.4 76 3.8 0.4 228 30 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.2 5.32 9 600 4387 0.1 -14.4 33 14.5 -5.4 244 36 316.3 316.7 289.7 323.2 2.09 10 550 5078 -4.2 -17.3 35 13.1 -8.8 259 39 319.2 319.5 290.3 325.2 1.79 11 500 5822 -9.6 -20.9 39 11.3 -13.1 258 39 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.2 1.44 12 450 6626 -15.9 -23.5 52 7.6 -17.9 258 37 323.2 323.5 291.0 327.7 1.28 13 400 7502 -22.5 -35.8 29 13.3 -24.6 262 41 325.8 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.45 14 350 8465 -30.7 -37.5 51 6.8 -31.6 266 47 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.43 15 300 9541 -38.5 -40.2 83 1.8 -38.7 257 57 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.6 0.38 16 250 10767 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 273 63 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.13 17 200 12203 -57.6 -59.3 81 1.7 -57.6 253 65 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 18 150 14015 -61.0 -81.6 5 20.6 -61.2 252 68 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16484 -67.0 -83.3 8 16.4 -67.1 256 41 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.47 m Freezing level: 598.60 mb = 4405.97 m = 14455.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.33 mb = 3788.45 m = 12429.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.32 mb = 666.36 m = 2186.21 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 1043.07 m = 3422.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 777.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.91 mb = 789.90 m = 2591.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.91 mb = 1611.47 m = 5286.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.91 mb = 11563.15 m = 37936.40 ft B at Equ Level: 768.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.91 mb = 13977.13 m = 45856.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.4 neg: -30.8 tot: 117.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 18.48 Bulk Shear: 42.10 m/s