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: 34.65,-90.75 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 995 56 21.8 18.9 83 2.9 19.8 201 16 295.4 297.9 293.2 335.5 13.95 2 950 457 19.6 18.0 90 1.6 18.5 205 34 297.1 299.6 293.6 336.9 13.77 3 900 922 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 220 47 298.9 301.3 293.5 336.7 12.97 4 850 1410 16.8 11.3 70 5.5 13.3 241 53 303.8 305.6 292.7 333.5 9.96 5 800 1926 14.7 6.4 57 8.3 9.8 247 53 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.8 7.56 6 750 2469 11.2 -2.6 38 13.8 4.3 246 42 308.8 309.5 289.3 321.9 4.20 7 700 3040 6.9 -10.3 28 17.3 -0.4 246 35 310.2 310.6 288.1 318.1 2.48 8 650 3643 2.3 -12.5 33 14.8 -3.6 250 34 311.6 312.0 288.3 318.9 2.25 9 600 4285 -1.2 -14.5 35 13.4 -6.2 251 45 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.6 2.07 10 550 4974 -5.1 -17.3 38 12.2 -9.3 244 53 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.0 1.79 11 500 5715 -10.3 -19.1 48 8.8 -13.1 245 52 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.69 12 450 6517 -16.1 -21.4 64 5.2 -17.6 247 53 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.2 1.54 13 400 7393 -22.8 -26.7 70 3.9 -23.7 256 59 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.1 1.07 14 350 8358 -30.0 -34.2 67 4.2 -30.6 252 63 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.60 15 300 9435 -38.7 -43.6 60 4.9 -39.2 244 69 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 16 250 10659 -48.7 -49.3 94 0.5 -48.8 247 70 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.17 17 200 12094 -56.6 -66.7 27 10.1 -56.8 245 82 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 13899 -62.1 -77.6 11 15.5 -62.2 249 69 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16370 -67.4 -83.8 8 16.4 -67.5 260 43 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.25 m Freezing level: 616.79 mb = 4069.28 m = 13350.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.19 mb = 2990.38 m = 9810.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.07 mb = 429.30 m = 1408.45 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1786.16 m = 5860.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.33 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 21.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 661.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.48 mb = 719.28 m = 2359.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.48 mb = 3198.57 m = 10493.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.48 mb = 11016.56 m = 36143.14 ft B at Equ Level: 661.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.48 mb = 13633.67 m = 44729.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 515.1 neg: -68.5 tot: 446.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 6.35 Bulk Shear: 104.04 m/s