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: 33.84,-86.73 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 986 214 24.1 20.7 82 3.3 21.7 205 6 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.4 15.80 2 950 535 21.6 17.4 77 4.2 18.8 208 14 299.1 301.5 293.8 337.8 13.27 3 900 1002 18.0 15.4 85 2.6 16.3 207 18 300.0 302.3 293.3 336.1 12.30 4 850 1490 15.1 12.9 87 2.2 13.7 208 20 302.0 304.0 293.0 334.8 11.10 5 800 2002 12.0 9.3 83 2.8 10.3 219 22 304.0 305.7 292.2 331.5 9.22 6 750 2540 8.8 5.6 80 3.2 6.9 227 23 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.2 7.62 7 700 3108 5.2 2.7 84 2.6 3.8 228 24 308.3 309.5 291.3 328.6 6.64 8 650 3711 2.0 0.2 88 1.8 1.1 228 24 311.3 312.4 291.7 329.9 5.99 9 600 4354 -1.3 -2.8 90 1.5 -2.0 228 26 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.1 5.21 10 550 5043 -5.3 -7.0 88 1.7 -6.1 233 30 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.1 4.13 11 500 5785 -9.8 -14.9 67 5.0 -11.6 239 32 321.0 321.5 291.5 329.1 2.41 12 450 6590 -15.2 -22.9 52 7.8 -17.3 245 32 324.2 324.4 291.4 328.9 1.35 13 400 7469 -21.4 -27.3 59 5.9 -22.7 241 35 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.9 1.02 14 350 8440 -28.4 -31.1 78 2.7 -28.9 228 41 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.82 15 300 9527 -36.0 -37.3 87 1.3 -36.1 219 57 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.6 0.52 16 250 10769 -45.2 -47.4 78 2.3 -45.3 221 67 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.7 0.21 17 200 12222 -54.6 -65.3 26 10.7 -54.8 232 78 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14026 -62.7 -76.3 14 13.6 -62.9 229 64 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16487 -67.5 -82.7 10 15.3 -67.5 226 40 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.68 m Freezing level: 619.13 mb = 4107.73 m = 13476.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.70 mb = 3927.44 m = 12885.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.03 mb = 635.34 m = 2084.42 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 15.75 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1349.96 m = 4428.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 35.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.67 mb = 1100.56 m = 3610.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.67 mb = 1848.47 m = 6064.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.67 mb = 10127.66 m = 33226.83 ft B at Equ Level: 595.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.67 mb = 13440.79 m = 44096.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 24.53 Bulk Shear: 24.28 m/s