MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 32.29,-93.43 Latitude: 32.29 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 68 22.4 21.1 92 1.3 21.5 163 4 295.5 298.4 294.7 341.4 15.97 1 1000 78 23.3 21.0 87 2.3 21.7 166 4 296.5 299.4 294.9 342.3 15.89 2 950 529 23.6 18.2 72 5.4 19.9 216 14 301.2 303.7 294.8 342.3 13.97 3 900 1000 19.9 16.1 79 3.8 17.4 235 16 302.1 304.4 294.4 340.2 12.91 4 850 1490 16.2 14.0 87 2.2 14.8 247 19 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.5 11.91 5 800 2005 14.1 10.2 77 3.9 11.7 250 28 306.2 308.0 293.3 335.8 9.83 6 750 2548 11.2 -2.0 40 13.2 4.5 259 33 308.7 309.5 289.5 322.4 4.40 7 700 3120 8.3 -10.9 24 19.3 0.2 269 29 311.7 312.2 288.5 319.4 2.37 8 650 3727 4.2 -13.7 26 17.9 -2.9 281 26 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.4 2.04 9 600 4372 -0.4 -15.9 30 15.5 -6.1 282 28 315.6 316.0 289.3 321.7 1.84 10 550 5061 -5.3 -19.4 32 14.1 -9.9 279 33 317.8 318.0 289.6 322.8 1.50 11 500 5802 -10.1 -27.0 24 16.8 -14.5 278 37 320.7 320.8 289.9 323.6 0.84 12 450 6605 -15.5 -34.8 17 19.3 -19.2 280 39 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.44 13 400 7483 -22.0 -34.8 30 12.8 -24.2 276 42 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.50 14 350 8450 -29.0 -39.9 34 10.9 -30.3 265 49 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.34 15 300 9534 -37.4 -52.5 19 15.1 -38.4 277 61 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10767 -46.0 -60.1 19 14.0 -46.5 271 54 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12219 -55.6 -66.9 23 11.2 -55.8 261 55 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 14011 -64.1 -75.6 19 11.5 -64.3 265 60 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16460 -68.9 -83.5 10 14.7 -68.9 266 34 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.68 m Freezing level: 604.63 mb = 4312.38 m = 14148.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.79 mb = 3157.64 m = 10359.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.60 mb = 232.45 m = 762.64 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 22.93 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1407.93 m = 4619.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 21.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1141.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.47 mb = 1062.18 m = 3484.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.47 mb = 3256.00 m = 10682.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.47 mb = 11644.35 m = 38202.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1136.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.47 mb = 14946.73 m = 49037.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 204.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 15.86 Bulk Shear: 71.98 m/s