MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.63,-86.95 Latitude: 34.63 Longitude: -86.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 984 212 22.9 16.2 66 6.7 18.5 188 15 297.4 299.6 292.2 331.8 11.86 2 950 519 20.8 15.7 73 5.1 17.4 193 32 298.3 300.4 292.5 332.8 11.88 3 900 985 17.6 13.9 79 3.7 15.3 201 43 299.7 301.7 292.4 332.4 11.19 4 850 1473 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.2 199 46 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.8 9.19 5 800 1985 11.8 8.2 78 3.6 9.6 201 44 303.8 305.4 291.5 329.4 8.56 6 750 2522 8.4 7.0 91 1.4 7.5 216 41 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.0 8.40 7 700 3090 5.7 0.0 67 5.7 2.7 227 43 308.8 309.8 290.5 325.7 5.48 8 650 3694 3.4 -13.2 28 16.6 -3.1 227 42 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.7 2.12 9 600 4339 -0.2 -17.3 26 17.1 -6.2 222 42 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.4 1.64 10 550 5029 -4.7 -17.8 35 13.1 -9.2 218 46 318.5 318.9 290.0 324.3 1.71 11 500 5772 -9.6 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 221 52 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.3 3.35 12 450 6579 -13.9 -17.1 77 3.2 -15.0 221 54 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.4 2.23 13 400 7465 -19.2 -23.6 68 4.4 -20.4 226 59 330.0 330.3 293.1 335.0 1.42 14 350 8443 -27.0 -30.0 76 3.0 -27.5 226 60 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.7 0.91 15 300 9536 -34.8 -34.8 100 0.0 -34.8 239 56 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.8 0.66 16 250 10784 -44.3 -44.7 96 0.4 -44.3 240 60 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.29 17 200 12246 -53.2 -60.2 42 7.0 -53.4 242 63 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14061 -62.3 -77.6 11 15.2 -62.5 255 53 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16509 -69.6 -83.4 12 13.8 -69.6 247 34 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.19 m Freezing level: 602.91 mb = 4301.13 m = 14111.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.83 mb = 3364.57 m = 11038.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.97 mb = 1061.19 m = 3481.54 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1847.61 m = 6061.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 29.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4551.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.10 mb = 1282.98 m = 4209.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 275.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 54.51 m/s