MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 31.48,-85.79 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -85.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 19.2 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 66 6 291.9 294.3 291.6 329.7 13.36 1 1000 150 19.0 18.2 95 0.8 18.5 68 9 292.1 294.5 291.6 329.8 13.29 2 950 591 18.9 17.0 88 2.0 17.6 98 11 296.4 298.7 292.7 333.6 12.90 3 900 1058 19.6 12.9 65 6.7 15.3 127 3 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.6 10.47 4 850 1548 16.6 10.6 68 5.9 12.9 186 4 303.5 305.3 292.2 331.9 9.51 5 800 2061 12.3 9.3 82 3.0 10.4 190 7 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.8 9.21 6 750 2599 8.0 6.6 91 1.3 7.2 204 9 305.2 306.7 291.7 329.9 8.19 7 700 3167 5.3 2.7 83 2.6 3.9 217 10 308.4 309.7 291.4 328.9 6.67 8 650 3769 1.9 -0.4 85 2.3 0.7 207 8 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.0 5.74 9 600 4412 -1.3 -5.2 74 3.9 -3.1 197 10 314.6 315.5 291.3 328.4 4.32 10 550 5103 -3.7 -20.7 25 17.0 -9.2 213 13 319.7 319.9 290.0 324.2 1.34 11 500 5846 -10.0 -22.1 37 12.0 -13.6 223 14 320.8 321.1 290.3 325.3 1.31 12 450 6651 -14.5 -26.7 35 12.3 -17.5 230 18 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.5 0.96 13 400 7533 -20.2 -35.0 26 14.8 -22.9 236 28 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.49 14 350 8507 -27.9 -39.7 31 11.8 -29.5 234 27 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.35 15 300 9595 -36.1 -48.2 28 12.1 -37.1 230 38 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.16 16 250 10836 -44.9 -55.3 30 10.4 -45.4 230 52 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 17 200 12303 -51.8 -69.8 10 17.9 -52.2 230 56 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14127 -61.6 -74.0 18 12.3 -61.8 239 34 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16582 -70.1 -82.3 15 12.2 -70.1 293 6 392.4 392.4 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.26 m Freezing level: 620.04 mb = 4154.10 m = 13628.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3885.48 m = 12747.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.28 mb = 207.76 m = 681.62 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.72 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1825.84 m = 5990.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.96 mb = 877.60 m = 2879.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.96 mb = 2665.47 m = 8744.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.96 mb = 2776.80 m = 9110.13 ft B at Equ Level: 35.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 543.96 mb = 5188.72 m = 17023.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -3.3 tot: 35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 33.76 m/s