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: 34.38,-85.87 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 970 309 21.5 18.2 82 3.3 19.2 212 14 297.2 299.6 293.5 336.7 13.66 2 950 490 19.2 16.5 84 2.7 17.4 214 26 296.6 298.9 292.4 332.8 12.52 3 900 953 15.4 14.7 95 0.7 14.9 219 33 297.4 299.5 292.1 331.4 11.73 4 850 1437 13.1 8.7 75 4.4 10.5 229 36 299.9 301.4 290.1 324.5 8.34 5 800 1944 10.3 -2.8 40 13.1 4.0 237 37 302.2 302.9 286.8 314.0 3.88 6 750 2477 6.8 -7.4 35 14.3 0.6 244 38 304.0 304.5 286.4 313.0 2.91 7 700 3040 3.2 -11.5 33 14.6 -2.6 250 39 306.0 306.4 286.5 313.2 2.27 8 650 3636 -0.6 -16.8 28 16.2 -6.1 252 41 308.3 308.6 286.5 313.4 1.58 9 600 4270 -4.4 -22.4 23 18.0 -9.6 251 48 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.6 1.06 10 550 4950 -8.4 -28.9 17 20.5 -13.2 246 58 314.1 314.3 287.5 316.4 0.64 11 500 5681 -13.9 -29.7 25 15.8 -17.3 244 56 316.1 316.3 288.2 318.4 0.65 12 450 6471 -20.4 -31.5 36 11.1 -22.4 249 66 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.8 0.61 13 400 7331 -26.8 -36.6 39 9.8 -28.1 244 72 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.42 14 350 8284 -31.9 -43.7 30 11.8 -33.0 239 89 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.23 15 300 9359 -38.1 -50.2 27 12.1 -38.9 233 92 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 16 250 10599 -44.4 -58.2 20 13.9 -44.9 220 111 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.06 17 200 12062 -53.4 -67.4 17 14.0 -53.7 237 97 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13895 -56.5 -79.9 4 23.4 -56.8 258 61 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16418 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.5 258 15 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.57 m Freezing level: 658.27 mb = 3537.10 m = 11604.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.60 mb = 2580.03 m = 8464.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.96 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.77 mb = 720.46 m = 2363.70 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 23.65 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1149.75 m = 3772.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.69 C = 72.85 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 21.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.29 mb = 1016.15 m = 3333.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.29 mb = 1857.67 m = 6094.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.29 mb = 9168.58 m = 30080.28 ft B at Equ Level: 725.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.29 mb = 12117.03 m = 39753.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.18 Bulk Shear: 79.56 m/s