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: 34.70,-87.32 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -87.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 983 220 22.7 16.2 67 6.5 18.4 192 15 297.3 299.4 292.2 331.6 11.84 2 950 514 20.9 15.5 71 5.4 17.3 194 32 298.4 300.5 292.4 332.5 11.73 3 900 979 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.1 202 43 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.0 10.95 4 850 1468 15.6 11.3 76 4.2 12.9 205 44 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.97 5 800 1980 11.9 9.4 84 2.6 10.3 210 41 303.9 305.6 292.2 331.5 9.27 6 750 2518 8.3 7.1 92 1.2 7.6 221 41 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.2 8.48 7 700 3086 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.0 229 42 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.5 5.87 8 650 3688 2.7 -7.2 48 9.8 -1.7 227 44 312.0 312.6 289.6 322.9 3.43 9 600 4331 -1.1 -10.8 48 9.7 -5.1 219 45 314.9 315.4 289.9 323.9 2.80 10 550 5020 -5.2 -9.5 72 4.3 -7.0 217 51 317.9 318.6 291.4 329.0 3.39 11 500 5763 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.7 -10.1 220 55 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.6 3.46 12 450 6570 -13.8 -16.2 82 2.4 -14.6 225 56 325.9 326.4 292.8 334.1 2.40 13 400 7455 -19.6 -23.1 74 3.5 -20.5 223 61 329.6 329.9 293.0 334.9 1.49 14 350 8433 -26.6 -27.6 92 0.9 -26.8 229 59 332.8 333.1 293.6 337.0 1.13 15 300 9529 -34.4 -35.1 93 0.7 -34.5 237 56 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.3 0.64 16 250 10778 -44.0 -45.8 82 1.8 -44.2 239 59 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.25 17 200 12241 -53.0 -59.9 43 6.8 -53.2 243 63 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14057 -62.4 -77.2 12 14.8 -62.5 253 52 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16509 -69.0 -83.4 11 14.4 -69.1 247 34 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.23 m Freezing level: 614.60 mb = 4143.67 m = 13594.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.31 mb = 3462.41 m = 11359.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.25 mb = 1043.79 m = 3424.48 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.13 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.69 mb = 1888.66 m = 6196.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5010.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.68 mb = 1321.59 m = 4335.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 273.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 58.92 m/s