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: 33.64,-87.19 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -87.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 991 166 24.2 21.3 84 2.9 22.1 236 7 298.1 301.0 295.6 345.3 16.26 2 950 535 21.1 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 232 15 298.6 301.1 293.9 338.4 13.68 3 900 1002 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.4 221 18 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.7 12.49 4 850 1490 15.2 13.0 86 2.2 13.7 216 21 302.1 304.1 293.0 334.9 11.11 5 800 2002 12.1 9.3 83 2.7 10.4 220 23 304.0 305.7 292.2 331.6 9.24 6 750 2540 8.6 5.8 83 2.8 7.0 226 25 305.9 307.4 291.5 329.4 7.76 7 700 3108 5.2 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 228 25 308.3 309.6 291.8 330.3 7.21 8 650 3711 2.0 1.2 94 0.8 1.5 229 26 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.1 6.43 9 600 4353 -1.2 -2.8 89 1.6 -2.0 228 28 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.1 5.19 10 550 5043 -5.0 -9.2 73 4.1 -6.8 234 32 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.4 3.48 11 500 5785 -9.8 -17.7 52 7.9 -12.5 239 32 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.5 1.90 12 450 6590 -15.2 -24.5 45 9.3 -17.6 246 33 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.2 1.17 13 400 7469 -21.5 -30.0 46 8.5 -23.2 244 35 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.79 14 350 8438 -28.8 -33.5 64 4.6 -29.6 234 40 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.65 15 300 9523 -36.4 -39.1 76 2.7 -36.7 222 53 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.7 0.43 16 250 10764 -45.0 -49.2 62 4.2 -45.2 221 68 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.17 17 200 12218 -54.7 -65.3 26 10.6 -54.9 232 81 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14020 -62.6 -75.4 16 12.8 -62.7 231 66 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16486 -67.3 -82.7 10 15.4 -67.5 229 39 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.18 m Freezing level: 619.18 mb = 4106.80 m = 13473.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 3981.88 m = 13063.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.36 mb = 531.57 m = 1743.98 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.95 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1230.78 m = 4037.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.09 C = 80.77 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 769.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.96 mb = 982.79 m = 3224.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.96 mb = 1721.85 m = 5649.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.96 mb = 10577.02 m = 34701.08 ft B at Equ Level: 765.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.96 mb = 13736.20 m = 45065.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.2 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 259.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 33.33 Bulk Shear: 23.07 m/s