MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-88.86 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 98 25.4 19.0 68 6.4 21.0 251 10 298.5 301.1 294.1 339.3 14.00 1 1000 100 24.7 18.7 69 6.0 20.6 249 10 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.6 13.70 2 950 546 20.0 17.5 86 2.4 18.3 247 17 297.4 299.9 293.4 336.2 13.40 3 900 1011 16.4 16.3 99 0.1 16.3 241 18 298.4 300.7 293.4 336.3 13.04 4 850 1496 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.4 235 24 300.6 302.7 292.7 333.9 11.33 5 800 2007 12.2 9.8 86 2.3 10.7 229 33 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.7 9.58 6 750 2546 8.5 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 229 35 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.7 8.59 7 700 3114 5.1 3.8 92 1.2 4.4 230 34 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.1 7.21 8 650 3715 1.1 -0.4 90 1.5 0.3 228 33 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.72 9 600 4356 -1.3 -14.7 35 13.4 -6.2 228 34 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.4 2.04 10 550 5046 -4.3 -26.7 16 22.3 -10.5 240 34 318.9 319.1 289.3 321.7 0.79 11 500 5789 -9.1 -35.6 10 26.4 -14.6 248 31 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.37 12 450 6595 -14.8 -37.8 12 23.0 -18.9 254 39 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.33 13 400 7475 -21.3 -49.1 6 27.8 -24.5 252 40 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.11 14 350 8443 -29.7 -54.1 8 24.4 -31.6 241 41 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.07 15 300 9521 -38.0 -56.5 13 18.5 -39.0 233 49 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.06 16 250 10755 -45.3 -60.4 17 15.1 -45.9 225 75 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12213 -54.3 -67.2 19 12.8 -54.6 228 82 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14022 -61.9 -77.4 11 15.5 -62.1 232 66 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16490 -67.3 -82.8 9 15.6 -67.4 216 33 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.72 m Freezing level: 627.13 mb = 4008.43 m = 13150.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.62 mb = 3744.61 m = 12285.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.46 mb = 902.11 m = 2959.65 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 956.93 m = 3139.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 469.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.46 mb = 892.71 m = 2928.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.46 mb = 1034.80 m = 3394.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.46 mb = 1825.12 m = 5987.84 ft B at Equ Level: 8.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.46 mb = 12619.74 m = 41402.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.14 Bulk Shear: 33.23 m/s