MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-86.97 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -86.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 989 162 20.4 19.2 93 1.1 19.6 192 11 294.4 297.0 293.2 335.4 14.33 2 950 512 17.7 17.6 99 0.1 17.7 200 29 295.2 297.6 292.7 333.9 13.49 3 900 975 16.0 14.9 93 1.1 15.3 217 36 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.7 11.94 4 850 1460 13.6 12.2 92 1.4 12.7 229 37 300.4 302.3 292.1 331.4 10.58 5 800 1969 10.6 6.7 77 3.9 8.3 242 34 302.5 303.9 290.4 325.5 7.72 6 750 2504 8.1 -2.7 46 10.9 2.8 253 37 305.4 306.2 288.2 318.2 4.16 7 700 3070 4.1 -8.5 39 12.6 -1.3 255 44 307.0 307.5 287.4 316.0 2.87 8 650 3668 0.4 -10.4 44 10.9 -4.0 254 54 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.9 2.66 9 600 4307 -1.7 -20.0 23 18.3 -7.7 250 59 314.1 314.4 288.2 318.5 1.30 10 550 4993 -6.4 -30.9 12 24.5 -12.2 254 57 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.4 0.53 11 500 5729 -12.0 -36.7 11 24.7 -16.6 253 59 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.33 12 450 6526 -17.7 -37.5 16 19.8 -21.0 251 67 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.34 13 400 7399 -22.2 -39.5 19 17.3 -24.8 248 77 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.31 14 350 8369 -28.0 -44.8 18 16.8 -29.9 240 89 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 15 300 9454 -37.6 -50.8 24 13.2 -38.5 242 86 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.12 16 250 10688 -44.9 -49.4 60 4.5 -45.2 226 83 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.17 17 200 12143 -56.1 -61.5 50 5.5 -56.2 231 84 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.05 18 150 13942 -61.1 -77.9 9 16.7 -61.3 262 65 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16434 -64.4 -83.7 5 19.3 -64.6 241 17 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.30 m Freezing level: 639.79 mb = 3798.23 m = 12461.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.47 mb = 2890.45 m = 9483.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.49 mb = 301.98 m = 990.75 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 19.33 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 805.70 m = 2643.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.91 C = 73.25 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 25.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 365.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.00 mb = 694.31 m = 2277.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.00 mb = 1609.26 m = 5279.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.00 mb = 8064.45 m = 26457.85 ft B at Equ Level: 365.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.00 mb = 11671.54 m = 38291.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 380.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 378.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 159.07 m/s