MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.44,-87.25 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -87.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 986 208 22.5 16.6 69 5.9 18.5 190 15 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.9 12.13 2 950 534 20.2 16.0 77 4.2 17.4 194 32 297.7 299.9 292.4 332.8 12.12 3 900 999 17.6 14.0 80 3.5 15.3 204 46 299.6 301.7 292.4 332.6 11.27 4 850 1487 15.6 10.0 69 5.6 12.1 204 43 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.6 9.10 5 800 1999 12.0 8.1 77 3.9 9.7 211 40 304.0 305.5 291.6 329.4 8.51 6 750 2537 8.4 7.2 92 1.1 7.7 228 41 305.7 307.2 292.1 331.4 8.54 7 700 3105 5.7 2.6 80 3.1 3.9 230 43 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.0 6.59 8 650 3709 3.4 -7.0 46 10.4 -1.4 231 43 312.8 313.4 289.9 323.8 3.47 9 600 4353 -1.2 -10.3 50 9.2 -5.0 229 43 314.8 315.3 290.0 324.2 2.90 10 550 5041 -5.5 -9.8 72 4.2 -7.3 229 47 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.3 3.31 11 500 5784 -9.4 -15.1 63 5.7 -11.4 227 49 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.6 2.37 12 450 6592 -13.6 -21.0 53 7.5 -15.8 226 51 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.7 1.59 13 400 7478 -19.3 -27.3 49 7.9 -21.2 227 54 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.5 1.02 14 350 8456 -26.6 -32.0 60 5.4 -27.6 231 56 332.9 333.0 293.2 335.6 0.75 15 300 9551 -34.8 -35.0 98 0.2 -34.8 240 48 336.3 336.5 294.0 338.8 0.65 16 250 10796 -44.6 -45.1 95 0.5 -44.6 240 47 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.27 17 200 12254 -55.2 -57.5 75 2.3 -55.2 235 50 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14058 -62.7 -75.8 16 13.1 -62.9 253 60 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16504 -70.5 -83.2 14 12.7 -70.5 243 37 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.45 m Freezing level: 612.87 mb = 4187.61 m = 13738.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.00 mb = 3547.91 m = 11639.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.53 mb = 955.50 m = 3134.79 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 7.57 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.43 mb = 1837.55 m = 6028.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.30 mb = 1207.09 m = 3960.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.30 mb = 4994.14 m = 16384.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.30 mb = 5136.95 m = 16853.31 ft B at Equ Level: 11.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 493.30 mb = 5887.55 m = 19315.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.3 neg: -15.8 tot: 305.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 65.18 m/s