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: 34.31,-86.66 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 97 SFC 985 231 26.2 18.5 62 7.7 20.8 187 9 300.6 303.2 294.5 340.8 13.70 2 950 546 22.2 16.9 72 5.3 18.6 189 16 299.7 302.0 293.6 337.2 12.82 3 900 1013 17.8 15.7 87 2.1 16.4 192 17 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.58 4 850 1500 14.2 13.6 96 0.6 13.8 201 18 301.0 303.1 293.1 335.1 11.58 5 800 2011 12.1 8.8 81 3.2 10.1 221 20 304.0 305.7 291.9 330.7 8.94 6 750 2549 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.4 221 19 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.7 7.15 7 700 3117 5.6 -0.2 66 5.8 2.6 225 20 308.7 309.7 290.4 325.4 5.38 8 650 3720 1.8 -4.7 62 6.5 -1.3 224 24 311.0 311.8 290.0 324.0 4.14 9 600 4361 -1.6 -4.8 78 3.3 -3.1 233 28 314.3 315.2 291.3 328.5 4.45 10 550 5050 -5.5 -7.8 84 2.3 -6.5 234 27 317.6 318.3 291.7 330.1 3.87 11 500 5791 -10.0 -12.8 80 2.8 -11.1 233 31 320.8 321.4 291.8 330.3 2.85 12 450 6596 -15.3 -19.0 73 3.7 -16.4 234 36 324.0 324.4 291.8 330.5 1.89 13 400 7475 -21.3 -23.0 86 1.8 -21.7 232 39 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.6 1.50 14 350 8447 -28.3 -30.8 79 2.5 -28.7 225 45 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.84 15 300 9536 -35.2 -40.9 56 5.7 -35.8 220 64 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.1 0.36 16 250 10780 -44.8 -48.5 67 3.6 -45.1 222 69 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.1 0.19 17 200 12241 -54.1 -63.7 30 9.6 -54.4 225 69 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14047 -63.1 -74.2 21 11.1 -63.2 222 55 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16496 -68.4 -82.5 11 14.1 -68.5 214 38 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.20 m Freezing level: 623.31 mb = 4062.19 m = 13327.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.41 mb = 3517.03 m = 11538.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.92 mb = 1205.44 m = 3954.80 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.29 mb = 1328.67 m = 4359.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.69 mb = 1246.44 m = 4089.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.69 mb = 1393.67 m = 4572.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.69 mb = 9519.71 m = 31232.27 ft B at Equ Level: 495.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.69 mb = 12877.94 m = 42249.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 63.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 19.96 Bulk Shear: 24.96 m/s