MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-86.89 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 993 168 28.9 12.2 36 16.7 18.2 161 5 302.7 304.3 291.6 329.6 9.04 2 950 558 24.6 10.7 42 13.9 15.9 165 8 302.1 303.7 291.0 327.5 8.54 3 900 1028 20.0 9.9 52 10.1 13.8 167 8 302.2 303.7 291.0 327.6 8.56 4 850 1517 15.3 9.1 66 6.3 11.5 169 8 302.2 303.8 291.0 327.6 8.55 5 800 2027 11.8 6.7 71 5.0 8.8 189 5 303.7 305.1 290.8 326.9 7.73 6 750 2567 10.6 -1.6 42 12.2 4.4 313 5 308.1 309.0 289.4 322.2 4.54 7 700 3139 8.3 -7.5 32 15.8 1.1 319 8 311.7 312.2 289.2 321.6 3.11 8 650 3747 4.8 -5.4 48 10.2 -0.0 307 10 314.4 315.2 290.9 327.0 3.94 9 600 4395 0.5 -9.4 47 9.9 -3.8 286 11 316.7 317.3 290.8 326.9 3.12 10 550 5087 -4.3 -14.6 44 10.3 -8.2 261 13 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.4 2.24 11 500 5831 -8.7 -24.4 27 15.7 -13.1 235 17 322.4 322.7 290.6 326.2 1.06 12 450 6639 -13.7 -43.3 6 29.6 -18.4 221 21 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.18 13 400 7523 -20.0 -37.8 19 17.8 -22.9 225 32 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.37 14 350 8500 -26.7 -29.3 79 2.6 -27.2 236 43 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.3 0.97 15 300 9594 -35.0 -43.9 40 9.0 -35.8 238 45 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.1 0.26 16 250 10841 -44.5 -51.5 45 7.1 -44.9 250 50 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.13 17 200 12301 -54.6 -59.8 53 5.2 -54.8 257 53 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14094 -65.3 -74.3 28 9.0 -65.4 268 52 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16519 -72.2 -83.1 18 10.9 -72.2 274 27 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.42 m Freezing level: 594.56 mb = 4470.04 m = 14665.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.74 mb = 3725.07 m = 12221.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.35 mb = 2256.65 m = 7403.60 ft T: 11.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 6.03 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.35 mb = 3617.39 m = 11867.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.04 C = 104.08 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.69 C Showalter Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.76 C K Index: 17.32 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5853.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.39 mb = 2288.44 m = 7507.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 17.86 m/s