MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 32.23,-90.34 Latitude: 32.23 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 96 22.9 18.6 77 4.2 20.0 183 9 295.6 298.1 293.0 334.6 13.57 1 1000 138 23.2 17.5 70 5.7 19.4 185 14 296.3 298.6 292.5 332.9 12.67 2 950 583 19.5 15.9 80 3.6 17.1 190 20 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.9 12.06 3 900 1047 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.9 195 22 297.8 299.9 292.0 331.2 11.49 4 850 1531 13.1 12.4 95 0.7 12.7 203 25 299.9 301.8 292.0 331.3 10.70 5 800 2039 10.2 9.6 96 0.6 9.9 210 26 302.0 303.8 291.7 330.0 9.43 6 750 2574 7.1 6.2 94 0.9 6.5 213 27 304.2 305.7 291.2 328.1 7.94 7 700 3139 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 213 29 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.1 6.42 8 650 3737 0.1 -1.5 89 1.6 -0.7 209 30 309.0 310.0 290.4 325.4 5.26 9 600 4375 -3.4 -4.4 92 1.1 -3.9 206 35 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.7 4.59 10 550 5059 -6.6 -7.2 95 0.7 -6.9 212 41 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.3 4.04 11 500 5800 -9.8 -10.3 96 0.5 -10.0 228 42 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.6 3.49 12 450 6606 -14.5 -14.8 98 0.3 -14.6 234 36 325.0 325.6 292.9 334.2 2.70 13 400 7489 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 238 39 328.7 329.0 293.2 335.3 1.91 14 350 8464 -27.3 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.3 247 45 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.1 1.16 15 300 9554 -36.3 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.3 250 46 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.57 16 250 10790 -46.9 -46.9 100 -0.0 -46.9 244 57 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.23 17 200 12230 -58.3 -58.9 93 0.6 -58.3 237 79 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 18 150 14012 -61.3 -77.8 10 16.5 -61.5 260 70 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16482 -67.6 -83.7 8 16.1 -67.7 246 28 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.99 m Freezing level: 648.97 mb = 3750.39 m = 12304.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.21 mb = 3611.42 m = 11848.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.44 mb = 633.45 m = 2078.24 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1217.42 m = 3994.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.03 mb = 1017.76 m = 3339.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.03 mb = 1750.33 m = 5742.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.03 mb = 5675.91 m = 18621.52 ft B at Equ Level: 158.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.03 mb = 8504.15 m = 27900.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 34.87 m/s