MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-86.10 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 981 222 21.4 19.3 87 2.2 19.9 205 11 296.2 298.8 293.8 337.9 14.47 2 950 500 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 208 24 295.9 298.3 292.9 334.4 13.36 3 900 962 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 219 31 297.7 300.0 292.8 334.1 12.53 4 850 1447 13.2 11.5 89 1.8 12.1 240 31 300.0 301.8 291.6 329.5 10.05 5 800 1955 11.4 -2.1 39 13.5 4.8 248 32 303.3 304.1 287.4 315.9 4.11 6 750 2491 8.0 -12.7 21 20.7 -0.2 253 38 305.2 305.6 285.8 311.3 1.91 7 700 3055 4.5 -19.7 15 24.2 -3.5 256 44 307.5 307.7 285.8 311.3 1.15 8 650 3654 1.0 -24.4 13 25.4 -6.4 256 50 310.1 310.2 286.3 312.8 0.81 9 600 4293 -2.5 -30.5 10 28.0 -9.4 250 56 313.2 313.3 287.1 314.9 0.50 10 550 4977 -7.0 -34.8 9 27.8 -12.8 247 56 315.8 315.9 287.8 317.1 0.36 11 500 5711 -13.1 -34.9 14 21.8 -17.2 249 59 317.1 317.1 288.2 318.5 0.39 12 450 6502 -20.1 -35.4 24 15.3 -22.6 251 63 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.5 0.42 13 400 7364 -25.7 -38.1 31 12.3 -27.4 247 78 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.9 0.36 14 350 8325 -30.2 -45.1 22 15.0 -31.7 244 99 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.19 15 300 9403 -37.4 -53.9 16 16.5 -38.4 241 97 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10648 -43.7 -56.1 24 12.4 -44.3 224 102 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.08 17 200 12105 -55.2 -64.4 31 9.1 -55.4 238 102 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13915 -59.1 -78.9 6 19.8 -59.3 256 71 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16420 -63.3 -83.9 5 20.6 -63.5 256 21 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.97 m Freezing level: 636.17 mb = 3830.88 m = 12568.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.58 mb = 2473.35 m = 8114.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.57 mb = 494.46 m = 1622.23 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 26.63 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.65 mb = 824.11 m = 2703.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.38 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 13.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 338.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 783.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.37 mb = 780.02 m = 2559.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.37 mb = 920.79 m = 3020.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 804.37 mb = 1909.72 m = 6265.40 ft B at Equ Level: 18.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.37 mb = 12617.31 m = 41394.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 276.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 6.33 Bulk Shear: 123.74 m/s