MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.48,-91.22 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 69 24.4 21.9 86 2.5 22.6 226 8 297.2 300.3 295.7 345.7 16.75 1 1000 101 23.9 21.3 85 2.6 22.1 228 9 297.0 299.9 295.2 343.6 16.12 2 950 548 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 239 20 298.2 300.8 294.3 339.8 14.29 3 900 1016 19.2 14.7 75 4.5 16.3 254 24 301.3 303.5 293.3 336.0 11.78 4 850 1506 16.2 13.0 81 3.2 14.1 264 21 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.3 11.16 5 800 2020 13.2 11.2 88 2.0 11.9 275 23 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.6 10.49 6 750 2560 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 275 24 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.1 8.77 7 700 3129 5.6 0.7 71 4.8 3.0 267 26 308.7 309.7 290.7 326.5 5.78 8 650 3732 2.1 -7.0 51 9.1 -2.0 262 30 311.4 312.0 289.5 322.4 3.49 9 600 4374 -1.0 -12.4 42 11.4 -5.5 265 36 314.9 315.4 289.6 323.0 2.46 10 550 5062 -5.5 -16.4 42 10.8 -9.4 267 40 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.0 1.93 11 500 5803 -10.8 -20.9 43 10.1 -13.8 271 43 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.9 1.45 12 450 6604 -16.0 -25.9 42 9.9 -18.4 277 50 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.7 1.03 13 400 7482 -21.4 -31.2 41 9.8 -23.4 275 55 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.70 14 350 8453 -27.9 -46.1 16 18.2 -29.8 286 65 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.18 15 300 9540 -36.7 -51.3 21 14.6 -37.7 290 61 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.11 16 250 10774 -47.0 -57.0 31 10.0 -47.4 287 52 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12212 -58.7 -61.9 66 3.2 -58.8 269 56 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.05 18 150 14007 -60.1 -78.6 7 18.5 -60.2 281 49 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -67.6 -83.6 8 16.0 -67.7 268 38 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.76 m Freezing level: 616.20 mb = 4165.93 m = 13667.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.80 mb = 3487.66 m = 11442.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.66 mb = 378.28 m = 1241.06 ft T: 21.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1380.53 m = 4529.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1012.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.29 mb = 869.94 m = 2854.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.29 mb = 2228.80 m = 7312.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.29 mb = 12202.86 m = 40035.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1005.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.29 mb = 14414.94 m = 47292.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 100.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 23.32 Bulk Shear: 43.43 m/s