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: 35.66,-90.59 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 991 75 21.6 19.6 89 2.0 20.2 199 17 295.5 298.2 293.7 337.6 14.66 2 950 440 19.2 18.7 97 0.6 18.8 204 35 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.3 14.40 3 900 905 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 222 45 299.0 301.4 293.8 337.8 13.33 4 850 1393 16.4 12.2 76 4.2 13.7 243 46 303.3 305.3 293.0 334.8 10.57 5 800 1908 15.1 3.0 44 12.1 8.3 250 37 307.2 308.4 290.4 325.4 5.93 6 750 2451 11.7 -6.1 28 17.8 3.3 246 32 309.2 309.8 288.6 319.4 3.23 7 700 3023 6.9 -11.0 27 17.9 -0.5 249 33 310.2 310.6 288.0 317.8 2.36 8 650 3626 2.2 -14.1 29 16.4 -4.0 251 36 311.5 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.97 9 600 4267 -1.7 -15.9 33 14.1 -6.8 250 42 314.1 314.5 288.8 320.2 1.85 10 550 4954 -6.1 -14.8 50 8.7 -9.3 248 50 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.1 2.20 11 500 5693 -10.4 -16.6 60 6.2 -12.5 244 57 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.4 2.08 12 450 6496 -16.1 -23.3 54 7.2 -18.0 249 62 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.30 13 400 7371 -23.0 -26.1 76 3.1 -23.7 254 67 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.1 1.14 14 350 8334 -30.7 -31.6 92 0.9 -30.8 253 74 327.4 327.5 291.7 330.2 0.78 15 300 9408 -39.6 -39.6 100 -0.0 -39.6 250 82 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.41 16 250 10629 -49.0 -50.0 89 1.0 -49.0 254 86 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 17 200 12069 -56.3 -64.2 37 7.8 -56.5 246 91 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13879 -61.1 -79.0 8 17.9 -61.3 252 67 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16350 -67.1 -83.9 8 16.8 -67.2 253 41 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.32 m Freezing level: 621.64 mb = 3989.54 m = 13088.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.66 mb = 2944.36 m = 9659.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.04 mb = 322.23 m = 1057.16 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 20.50 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 738.46 m = 2422.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 21.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1018.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.40 mb = 628.47 m = 2061.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.40 mb = 3088.15 m = 10131.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.40 mb = 11325.98 m = 37158.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1012.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.40 mb = 14110.56 m = 46293.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.0 neg: -32.1 tot: 377.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 91.25 m/s