MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.56,-89.41 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 102 SFC 996 134 26.2 19.7 67 6.5 21.6 230 12 299.7 302.4 295.0 342.6 14.68 2 950 551 21.5 17.0 76 4.5 18.5 228 27 299.0 301.3 293.5 336.7 12.95 3 900 1017 17.5 15.6 89 1.9 16.3 227 29 299.6 301.8 293.3 336.0 12.47 4 850 1504 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 228 31 300.7 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.61 5 800 2014 10.9 10.4 96 0.5 10.6 236 36 302.8 304.7 292.3 332.4 9.95 6 750 2551 8.7 7.7 94 1.0 8.1 240 38 306.0 307.7 292.4 332.7 8.84 7 700 3120 5.7 4.8 94 0.8 5.2 241 39 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.4 7.74 8 650 3723 1.7 0.9 95 0.8 1.3 237 40 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.4 6.31 9 600 4365 -1.7 -4.0 84 2.3 -2.9 241 46 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.74 10 550 5053 -5.3 -9.7 71 4.4 -7.2 251 48 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.6 3.33 11 500 5795 -10.1 -14.8 68 4.7 -11.8 248 48 320.8 321.2 291.4 328.8 2.42 12 450 6598 -15.8 -20.8 65 5.0 -17.3 247 48 323.4 323.7 291.4 329.0 1.62 13 400 7475 -22.3 -28.3 58 6.0 -23.6 256 53 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.3 0.93 14 350 8441 -29.8 -35.9 55 6.1 -30.7 255 60 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.51 15 300 9519 -38.7 -43.7 59 5.1 -39.1 267 65 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.26 16 250 10745 -47.9 -49.5 83 1.6 -48.0 280 46 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.17 17 200 12186 -57.7 -58.8 87 1.1 -57.7 241 66 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.07 18 150 13982 -61.0 -77.9 9 16.8 -61.2 260 72 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16464 -65.6 -83.6 7 18.0 -65.7 248 41 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.30 m Freezing level: 625.37 mb = 4039.06 m = 13251.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.51 mb = 3916.31 m = 12848.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.29 mb = 957.00 m = 3139.74 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.23 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1205.83 m = 3956.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 887.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.46 mb = 1117.47 m = 3666.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.46 mb = 1360.23 m = 4462.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.46 mb = 11441.18 m = 37536.24 ft B at Equ Level: 881.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.46 mb = 14212.23 m = 46627.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 18.75 Bulk Shear: 47.35 m/s