MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-87.37 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -87.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 999 136 20.8 19.1 90 1.7 19.6 249 7 294.1 296.6 292.9 334.3 14.08 2 950 567 18.8 17.0 89 1.8 17.6 252 19 296.2 298.6 292.6 333.4 12.90 3 900 1030 15.9 15.1 95 0.8 15.4 250 22 297.9 300.1 292.5 333.0 12.08 4 850 1515 13.5 13.2 98 0.3 13.3 245 24 300.3 302.3 292.6 333.4 11.29 5 800 2024 11.1 10.8 98 0.3 10.9 242 26 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.3 10.21 6 750 2561 8.2 7.7 97 0.5 7.9 243 27 305.5 307.2 292.3 332.2 8.85 7 700 3129 4.8 3.5 91 1.3 4.1 245 30 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.2 7.04 8 650 3730 1.2 -2.6 76 3.8 -0.6 246 35 310.4 311.3 290.5 325.6 4.87 9 600 4369 -2.7 -8.9 62 6.2 -5.4 248 39 312.9 313.6 289.8 323.3 3.25 10 550 5053 -7.3 -15.8 51 8.5 -10.2 254 44 315.5 315.8 289.4 322.2 2.03 11 500 5788 -12.8 -20.9 51 8.1 -15.2 263 54 317.4 317.7 289.5 322.3 1.44 12 450 6582 -18.5 -24.7 58 6.2 -20.0 264 59 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.9 1.15 13 400 7449 -24.9 -27.4 80 2.5 -25.4 259 59 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 1.01 14 350 8405 -32.2 -34.5 80 2.3 -32.5 264 59 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.59 15 300 9473 -40.4 -42.7 78 2.4 -40.5 260 69 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.29 16 250 10698 -47.5 -50.7 70 3.2 -47.7 243 67 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.15 17 200 12142 -55.4 -65.4 28 10.0 -55.6 260 72 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13947 -62.1 -77.2 12 15.1 -62.2 269 75 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16438 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.4 -67.3 263 39 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.10 m Freezing level: 634.50 mb = 3927.98 m = 12886.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3647.00 m = 11965.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.38 mb = 347.29 m = 1139.37 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 959.30 m = 3147.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.34 C = 75.82 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.04 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 731.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.96 mb = 776.83 m = 2548.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.96 mb = 2213.99 m = 7263.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.96 mb = 10383.62 m = 34066.59 ft B at Equ Level: 723.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.96 mb = 13089.80 m = 42945.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 14.69 Bulk Shear: 49.83 m/s