MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 31.16,-85.27 Latitude: 31.16 Longitude: -85.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 69 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.2 202 8 294.7 297.5 294.3 339.7 15.74 1 1000 97 21.9 20.9 94 1.0 21.2 204 10 295.0 297.9 294.4 340.2 15.76 2 950 542 19.5 19.5 99 0.1 19.5 217 25 297.0 299.8 294.5 340.8 15.15 3 900 1007 17.7 16.4 92 1.2 16.8 230 34 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.2 13.16 4 850 1495 15.0 13.4 90 1.7 14.0 235 35 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.6 11.41 5 800 2007 12.2 9.5 84 2.7 10.5 237 34 304.1 305.9 292.3 332.1 9.36 6 750 2546 9.1 4.9 75 4.3 6.7 240 34 306.5 307.8 291.3 328.5 7.25 7 700 3115 5.7 0.0 67 5.7 2.7 246 33 308.8 309.9 290.5 325.8 5.47 8 650 3717 1.9 -3.3 68 5.3 -0.6 251 33 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.6 4.60 9 600 4359 -1.7 -7.8 63 6.1 -4.4 249 37 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.5 3.54 10 550 5048 -4.8 -13.7 50 8.9 -8.2 241 43 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.4 2.42 11 500 5792 -8.8 -19.3 43 10.4 -12.2 239 48 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.66 12 450 6600 -13.4 -23.7 42 10.3 -16.3 239 47 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.8 1.25 13 400 7487 -19.0 -26.2 53 7.1 -20.8 241 51 330.2 330.5 292.9 334.3 1.13 14 350 8468 -25.7 -27.7 83 2.0 -26.2 252 52 334.0 334.3 293.9 338.1 1.12 15 300 9566 -34.0 -34.4 96 0.4 -34.1 252 61 337.4 337.5 294.3 340.0 0.69 16 250 10816 -44.1 -44.3 98 0.2 -44.2 244 69 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12276 -54.7 -56.9 77 2.2 -54.8 239 100 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.09 18 150 14058 -67.5 -72.9 46 5.4 -67.6 236 101 353.7 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16475 -72.1 -84.2 15 12.1 -72.2 248 64 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.14 m Freezing level: 623.76 mb = 4054.16 m = 13300.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.35 mb = 3601.25 m = 11814.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.88 mb = 176.09 m = 577.71 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 702.52 m = 2304.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 31.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.61 mb = 590.64 m = 1937.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.61 mb = 1399.20 m = 4590.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.61 mb = 9807.50 m = 32176.46 ft B at Equ Level: 487.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.61 mb = 13673.57 m = 44860.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 8.31 Bulk Shear: 58.86 m/s