MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 32.61,-86.63 Latitude: 32.61 Longitude: -86.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 26.8 14.6 47 12.2 18.7 94 6 299.7 301.6 291.8 330.3 10.44 1 1000 128 25.1 14.2 51 11.0 18.0 94 7 298.3 300.1 291.2 328.1 10.22 2 950 574 20.3 13.2 64 7.1 15.7 94 9 297.7 299.6 290.9 327.0 10.06 3 900 1038 15.8 12.2 79 3.6 13.6 94 9 297.8 299.6 290.8 326.9 9.99 4 850 1520 11.4 11.1 98 0.3 11.3 93 8 298.1 299.9 290.8 326.7 9.82 5 800 2026 9.7 6.2 79 3.5 7.7 98 7 301.5 302.9 289.9 323.6 7.43 6 750 2562 8.6 2.2 64 6.4 5.2 122 4 305.9 307.1 290.0 324.2 6.00 7 700 3130 5.7 -1.1 62 6.8 2.2 218 2 308.8 309.7 290.1 324.4 5.04 8 650 3733 3.2 -10.4 36 13.6 -2.5 280 6 312.6 313.1 289.1 321.1 2.66 9 600 4378 1.1 -32.6 6 33.7 -7.4 304 8 317.4 317.5 288.4 318.9 0.41 10 550 5072 -3.2 -33.2 8 30.0 -10.4 324 6 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.42 11 500 5819 -7.8 -38.5 6 30.7 -14.0 295 6 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.27 12 450 6629 -12.9 -42.6 6 29.8 -17.9 297 9 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.20 13 400 7518 -18.4 -43.6 9 25.2 -22.1 320 15 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 14 350 8498 -26.1 -48.0 11 21.9 -28.5 288 13 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.14 15 300 9599 -32.8 -56.6 7 23.8 -34.4 265 22 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.06 16 250 10857 -42.6 -61.8 10 19.2 -43.3 263 28 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12328 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.1 -52.8 259 37 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14139 -64.1 -76.9 16 12.8 -64.2 241 26 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16557 -72.5 -82.5 21 10.0 -72.5 209 7 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.68 m Freezing level: 587.07 mb = 4557.85 m = 14953.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.81 mb = 3403.88 m = 11167.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.27 mb = 1636.18 m = 5367.98 ft T: 11.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.07 mb = 1509.78 m = 4953.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.28 C Cross Totals Index: 18.95 C K Index: 23.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6697.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.91 mb = 1481.72 m = 4861.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.3 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 50.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 9.99 m/s