MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.40,-86.74 Latitude: 34.40 Longitude: -86.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 985 222 24.7 14.4 52 10.4 17.9 163 7 299.1 301.1 291.7 329.8 10.49 2 950 543 24.8 12.3 46 12.4 16.8 176 24 302.3 304.1 291.9 330.6 9.53 3 900 1015 20.8 11.0 54 9.7 14.6 183 29 302.9 304.6 291.8 330.3 9.21 4 850 1505 16.1 10.2 68 5.9 12.4 188 29 303.0 304.7 291.8 330.4 9.20 5 800 2017 11.2 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 191 29 303.1 304.8 291.8 330.4 9.15 6 750 2553 7.8 7.6 98 0.3 7.6 196 28 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.3 8.74 7 700 3122 7.1 -2.0 53 9.0 2.5 211 29 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.1 4.73 8 650 3728 3.9 -11.4 32 15.3 -2.4 218 31 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.4 2.46 9 600 4374 0.6 -17.1 25 17.8 -5.8 226 30 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.66 10 550 5066 -3.8 -16.2 37 12.4 -8.3 232 33 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.1 1.96 11 500 5812 -8.5 -26.8 21 18.3 -13.3 231 33 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.7 0.85 12 450 6621 -12.9 -36.1 12 23.2 -17.5 236 33 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.39 13 400 7511 -18.1 -36.7 18 18.6 -21.5 242 34 331.4 331.5 292.5 333.0 0.41 14 350 8492 -26.2 -42.7 20 16.5 -28.3 245 39 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.25 15 300 9585 -35.6 -49.5 23 13.9 -36.7 254 45 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 16 250 10824 -45.7 -50.8 56 5.1 -46.0 262 51 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.14 17 200 12283 -52.9 -63.7 26 10.8 -53.2 267 66 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14096 -63.6 -77.7 13 14.1 -63.7 255 61 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16526 -70.8 -83.0 15 12.2 -70.9 260 33 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.57 m Freezing level: 592.77 mb = 4473.95 m = 14678.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.50 mb = 3425.30 m = 11237.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.18 mb = 1543.14 m = 5062.73 ft T: 15.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.93 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.70 mb = 2326.77 m = 7633.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 25.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5373.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.62 mb = 2062.46 m = 6766.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 42.61 m/s