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: 32.50,-92.89 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -92.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 28.4 21.1 65 7.3 23.1 309 3 301.8 304.8 296.4 349.0 15.99 2 950 513 23.7 19.5 77 4.2 20.8 245 6 301.3 304.1 295.7 346.1 15.23 3 900 985 20.7 17.3 81 3.4 18.4 220 15 302.8 305.4 295.3 344.2 13.96 4 850 1477 17.3 14.6 84 2.7 15.5 217 24 304.3 306.6 294.6 341.2 12.39 5 800 1993 14.1 8.2 67 5.9 10.5 228 28 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.0 8.55 6 750 2536 11.8 -5.7 29 17.4 3.5 254 28 309.3 310.0 288.7 319.9 3.33 7 700 3108 7.7 -9.8 28 17.5 0.1 270 29 311.0 311.5 288.5 319.3 2.59 8 650 3714 4.0 -12.3 29 16.3 -2.6 273 34 313.5 313.9 289.0 321.0 2.29 9 600 4359 0.3 -18.0 24 18.3 -6.1 273 36 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.7 1.55 10 550 5051 -3.7 -21.1 24 17.5 -9.2 272 37 319.8 320.0 290.0 324.2 1.29 11 500 5798 -7.8 -27.1 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 -17.3 273 45 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.70 13 400 7493 -19.8 -33.8 28 13.9 -22.5 267 51 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.55 14 350 8468 -27.4 -40.9 27 13.5 -29.2 263 55 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.31 15 300 9557 -36.3 -48.2 28 11.9 -37.2 267 55 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10793 -46.5 -56.1 33 9.6 -46.9 266 56 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12244 -55.6 -65.4 29 9.8 -55.8 257 53 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14034 -63.6 -75.3 19 11.7 -63.7 275 47 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16484 -68.5 -83.4 10 14.9 -68.5 274 33 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.28 m Freezing level: 596.16 mb = 4412.57 m = 14476.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.51 mb = 3136.82 m = 10291.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.74 mb = 1015.83 m = 3332.73 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 29.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.66 mb = 1420.16 m = 4659.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 22.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1546.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.83 mb = 1140.83 m = 3742.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.83 mb = 1795.15 m = 5889.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.83 mb = 12601.29 m = 41342.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1528.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.83 mb = 15972.67 m = 52403.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 21.2 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: 227.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 20.78 Bulk Shear: 74.39 m/s