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: 34.52,-86.73 Latitude: 34.52 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 84 SFC 984 224 22.9 20.0 84 2.9 20.9 200 9 297.4 300.1 294.6 341.1 15.10 2 950 530 21.4 17.2 77 4.2 18.5 202 19 298.9 301.3 293.6 337.1 13.11 3 900 997 17.8 15.1 84 2.8 16.0 206 22 299.9 302.1 293.1 335.1 12.05 4 850 1485 14.9 12.7 87 2.1 13.5 210 24 301.7 303.7 292.8 334.0 10.92 5 800 1996 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 217 26 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.4 9.61 6 750 2534 8.4 7.1 92 1.3 7.6 224 27 305.7 307.3 292.1 331.3 8.49 7 700 3102 5.0 4.4 96 0.6 4.6 227 28 308.0 309.4 292.0 330.9 7.51 8 650 3704 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.4 227 29 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.9 6.48 9 600 4345 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.2 226 31 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.6 5.36 10 550 5033 -5.6 -8.9 78 3.3 -7.1 227 35 317.4 318.1 291.4 328.9 3.54 11 500 5774 -10.3 -16.7 60 6.3 -12.5 229 36 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.5 2.08 12 450 6577 -15.6 -22.3 56 6.7 -17.5 240 35 323.6 323.9 291.3 328.5 1.42 13 400 7454 -21.7 -28.2 56 6.4 -23.1 238 40 326.7 326.9 291.7 330.1 0.94 14 350 8424 -28.8 -33.9 61 5.1 -29.6 227 45 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.3 0.62 15 300 9509 -36.2 -38.9 76 2.7 -36.5 218 57 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.1 0.44 16 250 10750 -45.5 -47.2 83 1.7 -45.6 216 66 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.22 17 200 12200 -55.4 -64.0 34 8.5 -55.6 227 82 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14001 -62.0 -76.2 13 14.2 -62.1 220 67 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16479 -66.4 -82.8 8 16.4 -66.5 233 40 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.90 m Freezing level: 628.05 mb = 3985.49 m = 13075.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.37 mb = 3949.57 m = 12957.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.06 mb = 593.78 m = 1948.07 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1379.60 m = 4526.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 37.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.47 mb = 1107.21 m = 3632.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.47 mb = 1855.41 m = 6087.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.47 mb = 9894.83 m = 32462.96 ft B at Equ Level: 535.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.47 mb = 13091.06 m = 42949.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 18.84 Bulk Shear: 28.56 m/s