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: 32.56,-92.96 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 93 28.0 21.2 67 6.8 23.1 299 3 301.4 304.4 296.4 348.8 16.09 2 950 513 23.5 19.5 79 3.9 20.7 243 6 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.7 15.21 3 900 984 20.4 17.4 83 3.0 18.3 222 16 302.5 305.1 295.3 343.9 13.99 4 850 1476 17.1 14.7 86 2.4 15.5 219 24 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.1 12.44 5 800 1992 14.3 7.2 62 7.2 10.0 230 28 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.6 7.98 6 750 2535 11.8 -5.9 28 17.7 3.4 255 28 309.4 310.0 288.6 319.7 3.27 7 700 3107 7.8 -10.0 27 17.7 0.1 269 29 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.3 2.55 8 650 3713 3.9 -12.1 30 16.1 -2.6 272 34 313.4 313.9 289.0 321.0 2.32 9 600 4359 0.2 -17.8 24 18.1 -6.1 273 36 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.7 1.57 10 550 5050 -3.7 -21.2 24 17.5 -9.3 272 37 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.1 1.28 11 500 5797 -7.9 -27.1 20 19.2 -13.0 273 39 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.4 0.83 12 450 6607 -13.5 -29.9 24 16.4 -17.3 273 45 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.71 13 400 7492 -19.9 -33.5 29 13.6 -22.5 267 51 329.1 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.57 14 350 8466 -27.5 -40.6 28 13.1 -29.2 262 55 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.32 15 300 9555 -36.4 -48.4 28 12.1 -37.3 267 56 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10791 -46.6 -56.1 33 9.5 -47.0 266 56 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12242 -55.5 -65.6 28 10.0 -55.8 258 53 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14033 -63.6 -75.4 19 11.7 -63.7 274 47 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16483 -68.5 -83.4 10 14.9 -68.6 274 34 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.70 m Freezing level: 596.88 mb = 4401.67 m = 14441.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.51 mb = 3136.01 m = 10288.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.32 mb = 951.91 m = 3123.02 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 29.51 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1374.15 m = 4508.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 21.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1498.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.96 mb = 1100.05 m = 3609.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.96 mb = 1855.39 m = 6087.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.96 mb = 12464.87 m = 40894.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1487.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.96 mb = 15746.88 m = 51662.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 20.21 Bulk Shear: 74.11 m/s