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: 33.98,-88.70 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 248 9 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.5 14.23 1 1000 98 22.8 18.9 79 3.9 20.2 249 9 296.0 298.5 293.3 336.0 13.90 2 950 542 18.5 17.1 92 1.4 17.5 248 17 295.9 298.3 292.6 333.4 13.02 3 900 1005 16.0 16.0 100 0.0 16.0 231 18 298.0 300.4 293.2 335.3 12.83 4 850 1490 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.4 230 25 300.6 302.7 292.7 333.9 11.33 5 800 2001 11.7 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 224 33 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.92 6 750 2539 8.4 7.7 95 0.7 7.9 224 37 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.2 8.81 7 700 3106 4.9 4.4 97 0.4 4.6 226 38 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.8 7.53 8 650 3708 1.0 0.2 94 0.8 0.5 228 37 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.5 5.96 9 600 4348 -1.4 -19.3 24 17.9 -7.4 228 37 314.5 314.7 288.5 319.1 1.38 10 550 5037 -4.6 -27.7 15 23.1 -10.7 239 36 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.2 0.72 11 500 5780 -9.2 -31.6 14 22.4 -14.3 247 34 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.54 12 450 6586 -15.0 -36.0 15 21.1 -18.9 252 42 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.39 13 400 7464 -21.7 -45.2 10 23.5 -24.6 248 43 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.17 14 350 8431 -29.9 -51.6 10 21.6 -31.7 235 41 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.09 15 300 9509 -38.5 -56.0 14 17.5 -39.4 230 51 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 16 250 10740 -45.6 -60.0 18 14.5 -46.1 223 75 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.05 17 200 12198 -54.1 -66.8 20 12.7 -54.4 226 84 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14009 -61.6 -77.2 11 15.5 -61.8 227 67 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16486 -66.6 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.7 214 35 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.53 m Freezing level: 629.97 mb = 3964.45 m = 13006.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.54 mb = 3750.57 m = 12304.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.40 mb = 601.65 m = 1973.90 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 16.18 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 879.57 m = 2885.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 259.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.65 mb = 755.13 m = 2477.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.65 mb = 2301.57 m = 7550.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.65 mb = 5156.33 m = 16916.88 ft B at Equ Level: 94.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.65 mb = 11828.54 m = 38807.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 48.74 m/s