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: 34.11,-87.60 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 988 194 21.1 19.6 91 1.5 20.1 254 9 295.3 297.9 293.7 337.4 14.69 2 950 533 18.4 17.4 94 1.0 17.8 254 19 295.9 298.3 292.9 334.2 13.30 3 900 996 16.5 15.9 96 0.6 16.1 236 21 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.5 12.74 4 850 1482 14.3 13.2 93 1.1 13.6 223 25 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.4 11.31 5 800 1993 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 222 30 303.8 305.5 292.4 332.5 9.64 6 750 2532 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.8 226 34 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.7 8.53 7 700 3100 5.1 4.2 93 1.0 4.6 229 34 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.8 7.40 8 650 3702 1.4 0.2 91 1.3 0.8 224 34 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.1 5.97 9 600 4343 -1.5 -7.5 63 6.1 -4.1 221 36 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.0 3.61 10 550 5032 -5.2 -17.4 38 12.2 -9.4 225 37 317.9 318.3 289.9 323.9 1.78 11 500 5774 -9.7 -23.3 32 13.6 -13.6 230 34 321.2 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.17 12 450 6578 -15.4 -32.3 22 16.9 -18.8 244 40 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.57 13 400 7455 -21.9 -39.5 19 17.6 -24.5 242 43 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.31 14 350 8422 -29.6 -43.8 24 14.3 -31.1 234 46 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.22 15 300 9503 -37.5 -47.9 33 10.4 -38.2 224 55 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 16 250 10739 -45.6 -54.8 35 9.2 -46.0 218 70 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.09 17 200 12193 -54.8 -65.6 25 10.8 -55.0 230 84 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 13993 -61.5 -74.5 16 13.0 -61.6 225 68 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16478 -66.9 -82.8 9 15.9 -67.0 231 39 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.14 m Freezing level: 625.05 mb = 4021.93 m = 13195.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.06 mb = 3800.28 m = 12467.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.04 mb = 379.16 m = 1243.95 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.64 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 936.64 m = 3072.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.97 C = 75.15 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.57 mb = 765.15 m = 2510.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.57 mb = 2316.83 m = 7601.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.57 mb = 9743.23 m = 31965.60 ft B at Equ Level: 344.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.57 mb = 12206.76 m = 40047.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 8.11 Bulk Shear: 42.59 m/s