MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 32.83,-90.12 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 995 85 28.3 20.0 60 8.4 22.4 211 16 301.9 304.6 295.7 345.9 14.91 2 950 496 23.8 18.3 71 5.5 19.9 214 31 301.3 303.9 294.9 342.6 14.02 3 900 966 19.4 17.1 87 2.3 17.8 216 35 301.5 304.0 294.8 341.9 13.74 4 850 1456 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 219 37 302.2 304.5 294.3 339.7 12.72 5 800 1969 14.0 6.8 62 7.2 9.7 232 38 306.1 307.5 291.6 329.5 7.76 6 750 2512 11.5 -0.4 44 11.9 5.2 244 32 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.5 4.96 7 700 3083 6.7 -6.2 39 12.9 0.8 239 32 309.9 310.6 289.0 320.8 3.44 8 650 3687 2.7 -16.1 24 18.7 -4.2 241 36 312.0 312.3 287.9 317.5 1.68 9 600 4330 -0.5 -27.3 11 26.9 -7.9 240 41 315.6 315.7 288.1 317.9 0.68 10 550 5019 -4.8 -31.8 10 27.1 -11.2 234 43 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.1 0.48 11 500 5760 -10.2 -38.7 8 28.5 -15.5 234 43 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.6 0.27 12 450 6562 -16.0 -45.4 6 29.4 -20.1 243 42 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.15 13 400 7438 -22.7 -41.6 16 18.9 -25.2 243 44 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.25 14 350 8402 -30.3 -36.7 54 6.4 -31.2 241 53 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.47 15 300 9479 -39.0 -42.9 67 3.8 -39.4 235 56 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.29 16 250 10706 -46.9 -62.9 15 15.9 -47.4 233 73 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 12157 -55.1 -67.1 21 12.0 -55.4 235 81 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13958 -62.7 -77.0 13 14.3 -62.9 239 79 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16414 -67.7 -83.1 9 15.4 -67.8 246 54 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.81 m Freezing level: 607.49 mb = 4233.28 m = 13888.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.15 mb = 3175.19 m = 10417.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.29 mb = 1146.09 m = 3760.09 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 28.39 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1251.52 m = 4106.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 27.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1608.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.77 mb = 1199.85 m = 3936.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.77 mb = 1347.86 m = 4422.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.77 mb = 1855.71 m = 6088.23 ft B at Equ Level: 8.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.77 mb = 15270.95 m = 50100.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.7 neg: -4.6 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 49.26 Bulk Shear: 32.66 m/s