MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.77,-87.99 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -87.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 139 20.0 18.9 93 1.1 19.2 192 9 293.1 295.6 292.4 332.6 13.86 1 1000 139 20.0 18.8 92 1.3 19.2 193 11 293.2 295.6 292.3 332.3 13.75 2 950 580 17.1 17.0 100 0.1 17.0 204 28 294.5 296.8 292.1 331.5 12.92 3 900 1042 15.7 14.8 94 0.9 15.1 228 36 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.1 11.85 4 850 1527 13.4 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 253 35 300.2 302.1 292.1 331.4 10.62 5 800 2036 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 255 34 302.2 304.0 292.1 331.5 9.87 6 750 2571 7.8 6.8 93 1.0 7.2 252 33 305.0 306.6 291.7 329.9 8.28 7 700 3138 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 249 33 307.4 308.6 291.1 327.8 6.67 8 650 3739 1.2 -2.4 77 3.6 -0.6 245 35 310.3 311.3 290.5 325.8 4.94 9 600 4378 -2.7 -8.8 63 6.1 -5.3 244 36 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.5 3.28 10 550 5063 -6.7 -18.4 39 11.7 -10.5 248 35 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.6 1.63 11 500 5800 -11.5 -22.5 40 11.0 -14.6 258 44 319.0 319.3 289.8 323.3 1.25 12 450 6599 -17.4 -28.1 39 10.7 -19.8 262 51 321.4 321.5 290.1 324.3 0.84 13 400 7470 -23.9 -39.1 23 15.1 -26.1 259 56 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.32 14 350 8428 -32.0 -43.8 30 11.9 -33.1 258 53 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.22 15 300 9498 -40.0 -43.3 70 3.3 -40.2 239 54 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 16 250 10721 -48.4 -51.2 73 2.7 -48.6 240 75 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.14 17 200 12159 -56.5 -65.4 32 8.9 -56.7 243 72 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 13971 -58.3 -79.7 5 21.4 -58.5 270 58 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16459 -66.1 -83.7 7 17.6 -66.2 252 39 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.39 m Freezing level: 634.41 mb = 3938.01 m = 12919.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.00 mb = 3651.71 m = 11980.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.29 mb = 275.20 m = 902.87 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 721.77 m = 2367.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.34 C = 72.21 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.24 mb = 659.29 m = 2162.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.24 mb = 1970.34 m = 6464.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.24 mb = 10051.53 m = 32977.05 ft B at Equ Level: 363.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.24 mb = 12279.06 m = 40285.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.7 neg: -11.1 tot: 295.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 4.66 Bulk Shear: 78.82 m/s