MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 12Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 31.82,-91.62 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 27 23.1 21.1 89 1.9 21.7 198 15 296.1 298.9 294.8 342.0 15.96 1 1000 45 23.3 21.1 87 2.2 21.7 198 17 296.4 299.3 294.8 342.3 15.90 2 950 492 20.1 19.8 98 0.3 19.9 205 36 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.4 15.47 3 900 958 18.6 15.4 82 3.1 16.5 218 48 300.7 302.9 293.6 336.9 12.34 4 850 1448 17.2 9.1 59 8.1 12.2 223 44 304.2 305.7 291.6 329.8 8.56 5 800 1965 16.1 -1.7 29 17.8 6.9 238 35 308.3 309.1 289.2 321.4 4.21 6 750 2509 12.3 -6.0 27 18.3 3.7 250 29 309.9 310.5 288.8 320.2 3.26 7 700 3082 7.5 -10.2 27 17.7 -0.0 249 27 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.9 2.51 8 650 3687 4.0 -19.6 16 23.6 -4.1 246 31 313.5 313.7 287.9 317.6 1.24 9 600 4334 1.8 -31.1 7 32.9 -7.0 245 35 318.2 318.3 288.7 319.9 0.48 10 550 5028 -3.2 -35.2 6 32.0 -10.5 245 36 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.5 0.35 11 500 5773 -9.2 -38.2 7 29.1 -14.8 247 36 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.28 12 450 6577 -15.5 -42.7 8 27.2 -19.7 241 41 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.20 13 400 7455 -21.6 -38.0 21 16.5 -24.1 242 46 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.36 14 350 8426 -28.2 -41.2 28 13.0 -29.8 238 47 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.30 15 300 9511 -37.5 -43.5 53 6.1 -38.0 239 53 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.27 16 250 10741 -47.2 -54.9 41 7.7 -47.5 240 67 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12187 -55.6 -66.7 24 11.1 -55.8 241 72 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 13981 -63.8 -76.5 16 12.7 -63.9 243 66 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.3 0.01 19 100 16427 -70.3 -82.8 14 12.5 -70.4 252 53 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.20 m Freezing level: 582.29 mb = 4579.79 m = 15025.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.53 mb = 3075.29 m = 10089.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.44 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.40 mb = 271.01 m = 889.12 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 24.79 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1253.58 m = 4112.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.63 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 17.71 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 915.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.73 mb = 659.50 m = 2163.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.73 mb = 3002.16 m = 9849.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.73 mb = 11666.81 m = 38276.48 ft B at Equ Level: 907.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.73 mb = 14540.26 m = 47703.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.3 neg: -6.3 tot: 306.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 18.34 Bulk Shear: 49.90 m/s