MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.49,-92.8 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 997 86 28.4 21.0 65 7.3 23.1 313 3 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.7 15.92 2 950 514 23.7 19.5 77 4.3 20.7 242 5 301.3 304.1 295.7 345.8 15.15 3 900 985 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.3 219 15 302.9 305.4 295.3 344.0 13.87 4 850 1478 17.3 14.6 84 2.7 15.5 216 24 304.2 306.5 294.6 341.1 12.38 5 800 1993 14.1 8.4 68 5.7 10.6 228 27 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.3 8.66 6 750 2536 11.7 -5.0 31 16.7 3.7 253 28 309.2 309.9 288.8 320.3 3.51 7 700 3108 7.5 -9.5 29 17.1 0.1 269 29 310.8 311.3 288.5 319.3 2.65 8 650 3714 4.1 -12.6 28 16.7 -2.7 273 34 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.8 2.23 9 600 4360 0.3 -18.0 24 18.3 -6.1 273 35 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.7 1.55 10 550 5052 -3.7 -21.1 24 17.5 -9.2 272 36 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.2 1.29 11 500 5798 -7.9 -27.0 20 19.2 -13.0 273 38 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.4 0.83 12 450 6608 -13.5 -30.0 24 16.5 -17.3 274 45 326.3 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.70 13 400 7493 -19.8 -33.9 27 14.1 -22.5 267 51 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.54 14 350 8468 -27.4 -40.9 27 13.4 -29.2 263 55 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.31 15 300 9557 -36.3 -47.9 29 11.6 -37.2 267 55 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.17 16 250 10793 -46.5 -56.1 33 9.6 -46.9 266 55 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12244 -55.7 -65.3 29 9.7 -55.9 256 53 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14034 -63.6 -75.3 19 11.7 -63.7 275 46 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16484 -68.6 -83.4 10 14.8 -68.7 274 33 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.24 m Freezing level: 595.89 mb = 4416.57 m = 14489.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.57 mb = 3136.36 m = 10289.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.60 mb = 1017.64 m = 3338.68 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 29.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1434.37 m = 4705.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 22.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1509.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.92 mb = 1150.21 m = 3773.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.92 mb = 1805.09 m = 5922.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.92 mb = 12631.84 m = 41442.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1487.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.92 mb = 15488.57 m = 50814.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 20.49 Bulk Shear: 73.67 m/s