MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-86.34 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 978 303 18.3 16.1 87 2.2 16.8 183 2 293.3 295.4 290.9 326.9 11.82 2 950 551 19.5 14.6 73 4.9 16.3 182 5 297.0 299.0 291.5 329.0 11.07 3 900 1016 17.3 12.8 75 4.5 14.4 174 13 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.6 10.35 4 850 1501 13.8 11.1 84 2.6 12.1 179 17 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.6 9.84 5 800 2011 10.5 9.0 91 1.4 9.6 201 19 302.3 304.0 291.5 329.2 9.06 6 750 2545 6.7 5.9 94 0.9 6.2 219 23 303.9 305.3 290.9 327.2 7.77 7 700 3110 4.3 1.6 83 2.6 2.8 220 30 307.2 308.4 290.6 326.0 6.16 8 650 3711 1.0 -2.7 76 3.7 -0.8 218 35 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.2 4.83 9 600 4350 -2.4 -10.8 53 8.3 -5.8 221 37 313.3 313.8 289.5 322.3 2.80 10 550 5037 -5.6 -26.2 18 20.5 -11.2 231 40 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.2 0.82 11 500 5780 -8.7 -44.1 4 35.4 -14.7 233 43 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.0 0.15 12 450 6588 -14.0 -38.7 10 24.8 -18.4 226 39 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.30 13 400 7469 -21.3 -45.6 9 24.3 -24.4 235 43 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.16 14 350 8436 -30.2 -51.0 11 20.8 -31.9 221 42 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.10 15 300 9511 -39.6 -48.5 38 8.9 -40.2 217 47 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 16 250 10730 -49.0 -56.8 40 7.8 -49.3 220 50 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12184 -51.0 -71.3 7 20.3 -51.5 220 54 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14022 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.1 -58.8 221 46 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16512 -66.7 -82.7 9 16.0 -66.8 221 27 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.06 m Freezing level: 635.54 mb = 3895.60 m = 12780.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.02 mb = 3574.50 m = 11727.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.57 mb = 582.00 m = 1909.41 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.54 mb = 1767.04 m = 5797.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.53 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 2.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.09 mb = 1302.86 m = 4274.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.09 mb = 2489.45 m = 8167.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.09 mb = 2822.08 m = 9258.68 ft B at Equ Level: 21.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 575.09 mb = 4684.72 m = 15369.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 81.58 m/s