MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 32.07,-90.97 Latitude: 32.07 Longitude: -90.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 54 25.7 21.0 75 4.7 22.3 201 13 298.8 301.7 295.4 344.8 15.81 1 1000 58 25.5 20.8 75 4.7 22.2 202 14 298.6 301.5 295.3 344.2 15.66 2 950 506 21.0 19.5 91 1.5 19.9 207 32 298.5 301.2 294.9 342.5 15.15 3 900 973 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.7 216 41 299.8 302.5 294.7 341.6 14.28 4 850 1462 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 224 45 303.0 305.1 293.6 337.2 11.53 5 800 1977 15.4 0.6 36 14.8 7.5 237 37 307.6 308.5 289.7 323.0 5.00 6 750 2521 12.0 -3.7 33 15.6 4.2 250 25 309.6 310.3 289.3 321.7 3.88 7 700 3093 7.2 -9.4 30 16.6 0.0 246 25 310.4 310.9 288.4 319.0 2.68 8 650 3698 4.0 -20.8 14 24.8 -4.3 242 31 313.5 313.7 287.9 317.3 1.12 9 600 4344 0.8 -29.6 8 30.4 -7.4 238 35 317.0 317.1 288.4 319.0 0.55 10 550 5036 -4.1 -33.3 8 29.3 -10.9 235 35 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.42 11 500 5779 -9.8 -37.8 8 28.0 -15.2 235 36 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.2 0.29 12 450 6581 -15.9 -42.0 9 26.0 -20.0 239 40 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.21 13 400 7458 -22.1 -41.6 15 19.5 -24.8 243 46 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.25 14 350 8424 -29.6 -36.6 51 7.0 -30.5 239 50 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.48 15 300 9506 -38.0 -43.5 57 5.5 -38.5 238 55 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.27 16 250 10735 -47.2 -57.7 29 10.5 -47.6 236 72 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12182 -55.2 -67.6 20 12.5 -55.4 236 74 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13982 -62.7 -77.0 13 14.3 -62.9 237 74 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16434 -69.3 -83.0 12 13.7 -69.4 251 51 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.49 m Freezing level: 591.80 mb = 4457.51 m = 14624.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.77 mb = 3095.73 m = 10156.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.44 mb = 648.84 m = 2128.70 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 27.51 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 828.10 m = 2716.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 22.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1354.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.03 mb = 754.88 m = 2476.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.03 mb = 896.27 m = 2940.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 858.03 mb = 1381.65 m = 4532.93 ft B at Equ Level: 5.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 818.03 mb = 1787.90 m = 5865.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.2 neg: -12.5 tot: 257.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.29 Bulk Rich Number: 38.13 Bulk Shear: 35.53 m/s