MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 34.97,-86.37 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: -86.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 985 300 22.2 16.6 71 5.5 18.5 86 3 296.6 298.8 292.2 331.7 12.17 2 950 615 19.8 12.7 64 7.0 15.3 70 3 297.2 299.0 290.5 325.6 9.78 3 900 1078 15.5 11.6 77 4.0 13.1 53 3 297.5 299.2 290.3 325.3 9.55 4 850 1560 11.5 9.9 90 1.6 10.6 39 4 298.2 299.9 290.2 324.7 9.07 5 800 2064 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.9 36 6 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.2 8.29 6 750 2595 5.4 3.5 87 2.0 4.4 44 11 302.5 303.7 289.4 322.1 6.55 7 700 3157 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 60 14 305.8 306.8 289.5 322.3 5.42 8 650 3754 -0.5 -3.4 81 2.9 -1.9 58 14 308.4 309.2 289.5 322.6 4.58 9 600 4393 -2.5 -12.2 47 9.7 -6.2 67 19 313.2 313.7 289.2 321.4 2.50 10 550 5078 -6.6 -14.4 54 7.8 -9.5 59 22 316.2 316.7 289.9 323.7 2.27 11 500 5816 -11.0 -19.0 52 8.0 -13.5 45 20 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.70 12 450 6618 -15.8 -21.5 61 5.7 -17.4 30 12 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.7 1.52 13 400 7497 -21.1 -26.9 60 5.8 -22.4 37 14 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.3 1.06 14 350 8468 -28.6 -31.9 73 3.3 -29.2 33 21 330.2 330.4 292.5 333.0 0.76 15 300 9553 -37.0 -40.8 68 3.8 -37.4 28 23 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.6 0.36 16 250 10786 -47.0 -49.4 77 2.4 -47.1 27 30 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.17 17 200 12247 -51.0 -71.5 7 20.5 -51.4 329 13 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14081 -59.7 -78.9 6 19.2 -59.9 278 13 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16561 -67.2 -82.5 10 15.4 -67.3 338 4 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.93 m Freezing level: 657.40 mb = 3665.89 m = 12027.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.98 mb = 3402.96 m = 11164.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.18 % Est. max temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.33 mb = 998.79 m = 3276.83 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1567.47 m = 5142.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.85 C = 74.92 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 29.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.99 mb = 1441.63 m = 4729.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.99 mb = 1788.18 m = 5866.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.99 mb = 3915.50 m = 12845.98 ft B at Equ Level: 27.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 576.99 mb = 4700.55 m = 15421.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 54.4 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 84.4 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 12.48 m/s