MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 24.85,-87.31 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -87.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 27.5 22.7 75 4.7 24.0 62 8 299.3 302.5 296.7 350.2 17.40 1 1000 131 26.1 21.6 76 4.5 22.9 63 8 299.3 302.3 296.0 347.3 16.48 2 950 581 21.8 20.6 93 1.2 21.0 66 8 299.3 302.3 296.0 346.9 16.31 3 900 1050 19.8 15.3 75 4.6 16.8 69 7 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.0 12.23 4 850 1542 17.9 11.6 67 6.3 13.8 59 7 304.9 306.8 293.2 335.3 10.16 5 800 2059 15.4 8.9 65 6.6 11.4 49 8 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.8 8.96 6 750 2605 12.7 5.4 61 7.3 8.4 44 9 310.4 311.8 292.7 333.5 7.51 7 700 3181 9.5 1.1 56 8.4 4.9 35 8 313.0 314.1 292.1 331.5 5.92 8 650 3792 5.7 -3.6 51 9.3 1.1 18 6 315.5 316.3 291.7 329.9 4.52 9 600 4442 1.7 -7.8 49 9.6 -2.6 10 7 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.7 3.54 10 550 5138 -2.5 -17.2 31 14.7 -7.8 26 10 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.2 1.80 11 500 5887 -7.8 -24.0 26 16.1 -12.5 33 9 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.4 1.10 12 450 6696 -13.6 -31.5 20 18.0 -17.6 347 7 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.61 13 400 7581 -20.1 -37.1 21 17.0 -22.9 304 14 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.40 14 350 8557 -26.8 -46.0 14 19.2 -28.9 268 28 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.18 15 300 9658 -31.5 -59.5 5 28.0 -33.4 273 36 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 16 250 10923 -41.2 -63.2 7 22.0 -42.1 267 41 344.8 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 17 200 12400 -52.7 -67.8 15 15.1 -53.0 269 38 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14194 -66.4 -74.0 34 7.6 -66.5 286 37 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16571 -76.5 -82.8 36 6.3 -76.6 276 15 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.55 m Freezing level: 579.61 mb = 4726.13 m = 15505.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.45 mb = 3976.06 m = 13044.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.75 mb = 601.96 m = 1974.92 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.98 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1269.73 m = 4165.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.48 mb = 817.60 m = 2682.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.48 mb = 3187.31 m = 10456.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.48 mb = 10936.52 m = 35880.54 ft B at Equ Level: 812.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.48 mb = 15056.59 m = 49397.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.5 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 69.5 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -2.4 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 537.91 Bulk Shear: 1.51 m/s