MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 33.17,-88.23 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 76 22.9 20.2 85 2.7 21.1 291 9 295.9 298.6 294.1 339.1 15.03 1 1000 95 22.6 19.2 81 3.3 20.3 290 11 295.7 298.3 293.4 336.5 14.18 2 950 540 18.5 17.0 91 1.5 17.5 283 19 296.0 298.3 292.6 333.3 12.96 3 900 1003 16.7 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 249 18 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.6 12.67 4 850 1490 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 231 22 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.2 11.06 5 800 2002 12.0 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 227 26 304.0 305.7 292.3 332.4 9.50 6 750 2540 8.6 7.3 92 1.3 7.9 230 28 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.9 8.60 7 700 3108 5.1 4.6 97 0.5 4.8 233 30 308.2 309.6 292.1 331.5 7.64 8 650 3711 1.9 -0.6 84 2.5 0.5 229 31 311.1 312.1 291.3 328.6 5.63 9 600 4353 -0.8 -9.4 52 8.6 -4.5 228 33 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.2 3.11 10 550 5043 -4.7 -18.9 32 14.2 -9.4 234 34 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.8 1.56 11 500 5786 -9.4 -25.9 25 16.5 -13.8 244 33 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.8 0.92 12 450 6591 -14.9 -34.0 18 19.1 -18.7 254 38 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.48 13 400 7471 -21.5 -39.4 18 18.0 -24.2 251 39 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.31 14 350 8439 -29.2 -42.3 27 13.1 -30.7 241 42 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.26 15 300 9520 -37.7 -47.8 34 10.1 -38.4 230 49 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 16 250 10754 -45.7 -55.5 32 9.8 -46.1 223 66 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.08 17 200 12212 -54.3 -66.1 22 11.8 -54.5 234 84 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14012 -63.1 -73.2 24 10.1 -63.2 234 68 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16484 -67.5 -82.7 10 15.2 -67.6 231 38 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.73 m Freezing level: 615.68 mb = 4151.76 m = 13621.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.57 mb = 3777.88 m = 12394.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.64 mb = 416.20 m = 1365.46 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.76 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1081.18 m = 3547.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.37 mb = 755.63 m = 2479.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.37 mb = 2524.94 m = 8283.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.37 mb = 9717.94 m = 31882.61 ft B at Equ Level: 185.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.37 mb = 11548.79 m = 37889.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: -15.2 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.19 Bulk Shear: 58.51 m/s