MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.92,-84.75 Latitude: 31.92 Longitude: -84.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 119 21.2 19.3 89 1.9 19.9 203 10 294.3 296.8 293.0 335.0 14.24 1 1000 126 21.0 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 203 11 294.1 296.7 292.9 334.3 14.04 2 950 568 17.6 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 208 23 295.1 297.5 292.6 333.1 13.25 3 900 1030 15.9 15.5 97 0.4 15.7 232 29 297.9 300.1 292.7 333.9 12.39 4 850 1516 13.9 13.3 96 0.6 13.5 253 27 300.7 302.8 292.8 334.0 11.33 5 800 2026 11.4 9.4 88 1.9 10.2 256 28 303.3 305.0 292.0 331.0 9.31 6 750 2564 8.8 5.1 78 3.7 6.7 256 32 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.4 7.36 7 700 3133 6.3 1.7 72 4.6 3.8 259 37 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.5 6.18 8 650 3737 3.2 -3.2 63 6.4 0.0 262 40 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.65 9 600 4383 0.1 -12.4 38 12.6 -4.9 270 38 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.45 10 550 5074 -3.9 -29.3 12 25.4 -10.5 279 36 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.7 0.61 11 500 5819 -9.0 -43.6 4 34.6 -14.9 282 41 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.16 12 450 6624 -15.4 -43.1 7 27.7 -19.6 281 44 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.19 13 400 7502 -21.6 -30.2 46 8.6 -23.4 254 44 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.7 0.78 14 350 8476 -26.3 -27.7 88 1.3 -26.6 230 57 333.2 333.5 293.7 337.3 1.12 15 300 9574 -33.8 -33.8 100 -0.0 -33.8 214 49 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 16 250 10826 -43.5 -43.7 98 0.2 -43.5 216 52 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.32 17 200 12290 -54.6 -59.2 57 4.6 -54.8 235 67 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14092 -62.8 -77.2 13 14.4 -62.9 251 48 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16522 -71.5 -83.2 16 11.7 -71.5 238 25 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.08 m Freezing level: 598.57 mb = 4402.40 m = 14443.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.80 mb = 3739.92 m = 12269.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.77 mb = 355.05 m = 1164.83 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 702.79 m = 2305.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.82 C = 73.07 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.25 mb = 656.39 m = 2153.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 475.25 mb = 6206.76 m = 20363.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.25 mb = 7775.84 m = 25510.99 ft B at Equ Level: 35.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.25 mb = 8367.59 m = 27452.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 97.92 m/s