MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 35.60,-90.52 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 991 72 21.7 19.6 88 2.0 20.3 199 18 295.5 298.2 293.7 337.7 14.67 2 950 441 19.2 18.7 96 0.6 18.8 205 36 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.2 14.39 3 900 906 16.9 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 222 47 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.7 13.29 4 850 1394 16.5 12.1 75 4.4 13.7 243 47 303.5 305.4 293.0 334.7 10.50 5 800 1910 15.1 3.3 45 11.7 8.5 250 37 307.2 308.4 290.5 325.9 6.09 6 750 2453 11.6 -5.2 30 16.8 3.5 246 33 309.2 309.8 288.8 320.0 3.45 7 700 3024 6.9 -10.7 27 17.6 -0.5 247 34 310.1 310.6 288.1 317.9 2.41 8 650 3627 2.2 -14.3 28 16.5 -4.0 249 37 311.5 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.95 9 600 4269 -1.5 -16.4 31 15.0 -6.8 251 44 314.4 314.7 288.8 320.2 1.76 10 550 4956 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.3 249 50 316.9 317.3 290.0 324.0 2.15 11 500 5696 -10.4 -16.4 61 6.1 -12.5 244 57 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.5 2.12 12 450 6498 -16.2 -22.2 60 6.0 -17.9 250 62 322.9 323.2 291.1 327.9 1.43 13 400 7373 -23.0 -24.8 85 1.8 -23.4 254 68 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.6 1.27 14 350 8337 -30.6 -31.2 95 0.6 -30.7 253 74 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.4 0.81 15 300 9411 -39.7 -39.6 100 -0.0 -39.6 250 81 329.5 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.41 16 250 10631 -48.8 -50.2 85 1.4 -48.8 254 85 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.15 17 200 12073 -56.4 -64.1 37 7.8 -56.5 245 91 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13883 -61.2 -79.1 8 17.9 -61.3 252 67 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16352 -67.3 -83.8 8 16.5 -67.4 253 42 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.41 m Freezing level: 619.82 mb = 4014.58 m = 13171.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.96 mb = 2954.13 m = 9691.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.72 mb = 326.29 m = 1070.49 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 20.37 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 746.95 m = 2450.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.75 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 21.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 997.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.26 mb = 630.94 m = 2070.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.26 mb = 3091.27 m = 10141.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.26 mb = 11333.00 m = 37181.30 ft B at Equ Level: 989.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.26 mb = 14120.00 m = 46324.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 423.2 neg: -35.0 tot: 388.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.60 Bulk Rich Number: 10.81 Bulk Shear: 92.28 m/s