MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 30.6,-92.88 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 30 27.4 22.2 73 5.2 23.6 213 10 299.8 302.9 296.4 349.2 16.90 1 1000 105 26.0 21.6 77 4.4 22.8 214 16 299.1 302.1 296.0 347.1 16.45 2 950 555 21.8 20.4 92 1.3 20.8 218 23 299.3 302.2 295.8 346.3 16.12 3 900 1024 18.8 17.7 93 1.1 18.0 229 28 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.8 14.27 4 850 1514 17.1 11.7 70 5.4 13.6 239 26 304.1 305.9 292.9 334.5 10.19 5 800 2031 15.7 7.8 59 7.9 10.9 258 22 307.8 309.4 292.6 333.2 8.33 6 750 2576 11.4 7.2 76 4.2 8.9 262 19 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.1 8.55 7 700 3148 6.7 3.4 80 3.3 4.9 260 21 309.9 311.2 292.1 331.5 7.02 8 650 3753 2.8 -6.6 50 9.4 -1.5 264 22 312.1 312.8 289.8 323.5 3.58 9 600 4396 -0.8 -13.3 38 12.6 -5.6 263 26 315.2 315.7 289.6 322.7 2.28 10 550 5086 -4.5 -18.2 34 13.6 -9.2 260 32 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.3 1.66 11 500 5830 -8.8 -25.4 25 16.7 -13.3 256 34 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.97 12 450 6638 -13.8 -35.4 14 21.6 -18.1 261 40 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.4 0.42 13 400 7521 -20.3 -43.6 11 23.3 -23.5 262 46 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.20 14 350 8493 -28.4 -49.7 11 21.2 -30.4 259 50 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 15 300 9577 -37.7 -53.8 17 16.1 -38.7 257 57 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10805 -47.6 -55.2 41 7.6 -47.9 262 57 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.09 17 200 12251 -55.6 -66.8 23 11.3 -55.8 260 62 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14049 -63.7 -76.5 16 12.8 -63.8 252 63 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16497 -69.6 -83.2 12 13.6 -69.6 260 46 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.85 m Freezing level: 610.64 mb = 4259.07 m = 13973.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.77 mb = 3606.20 m = 11831.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.45 mb = 688.94 m = 2260.27 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 892.96 m = 2929.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1842.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.00 mb = 776.92 m = 2548.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.00 mb = 1109.77 m = 3640.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.00 mb = 1206.59 m = 3958.58 ft B at Equ Level: 4.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 831.00 mb = 1706.74 m = 5599.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.9 neg: -3.0 tot: 122.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 63.94 Bulk Shear: 28.82 m/s