MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 32.03,-93.85 Latitude: 32.03 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 77 24.1 18.6 71 5.5 20.3 194 9 297.1 299.6 293.4 336.4 13.58 1 1000 91 24.6 18.2 68 6.4 20.2 192 10 297.8 300.2 293.4 336.3 13.29 2 950 541 22.5 16.5 69 6.0 18.5 188 28 300.0 302.3 293.5 336.7 12.53 3 900 1010 19.1 14.8 76 4.3 16.3 192 32 301.2 303.4 293.3 336.0 11.82 4 850 1499 15.9 12.6 81 3.2 13.8 201 32 302.8 304.8 293.0 335.0 10.86 5 800 2012 12.2 10.0 86 2.2 10.9 214 32 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.2 9.70 6 750 2550 8.6 6.8 88 1.8 7.6 225 31 306.0 307.5 292.0 331.0 8.31 7 700 3119 6.0 4.1 88 1.8 4.9 234 32 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.7 7.37 8 650 3722 2.0 -1.1 79 3.2 0.4 233 34 311.3 312.3 291.2 328.2 5.42 9 600 4365 -1.6 -3.9 85 2.3 -2.7 232 40 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.5 4.80 10 550 5053 -6.2 -7.2 93 1.0 -6.7 232 47 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.8 4.06 11 500 5792 -11.2 -13.9 80 2.7 -12.2 232 52 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.0 2.61 12 450 6594 -15.7 -18.3 81 2.6 -16.6 235 57 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.3 2.01 13 400 7473 -20.8 -22.2 89 1.4 -21.2 240 57 327.9 328.2 292.7 333.6 1.61 14 350 8449 -26.9 -27.2 97 0.3 -26.9 248 49 332.5 332.8 293.5 336.8 1.18 15 300 9543 -35.1 -35.1 99 0.1 -35.1 251 43 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.4 0.64 16 250 10785 -45.7 -45.7 99 0.1 -45.7 253 44 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.2 0.25 17 200 12231 -57.8 -58.0 99 0.1 -57.8 252 50 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.08 18 150 13990 -66.2 -69.3 65 3.1 -66.2 243 67 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16456 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.9 -67.8 257 39 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.71 m Freezing level: 622.01 mb = 4082.23 m = 13392.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.08 mb = 3808.42 m = 12494.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.02 mb = 781.29 m = 2563.25 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.68 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1697.71 m = 5569.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 370.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.29 mb = 1257.71 m = 4126.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.29 mb = 2230.75 m = 7318.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.29 mb = 8463.18 m = 27766.01 ft B at Equ Level: 368.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.29 mb = 12899.41 m = 42320.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 5.38 Bulk Shear: 68.85 m/s