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: 34.43,-87.03 Latitude: 34.43 Longitude: -87.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 988 199 25.8 14.4 49 11.4 18.3 171 8 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.7 10.47 2 950 540 25.0 12.6 46 12.4 17.0 183 24 302.6 304.4 292.1 331.3 9.69 3 900 1012 20.9 11.3 54 9.5 14.8 186 29 303.0 304.8 292.0 331.0 9.41 4 850 1502 16.1 10.5 69 5.6 12.6 187 30 303.0 304.8 292.0 331.0 9.42 5 800 2014 11.2 9.5 89 1.8 10.2 188 30 303.1 304.9 292.0 330.9 9.34 6 750 2551 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 191 31 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.4 9.20 7 700 3119 6.7 -2.0 54 8.7 2.3 211 31 309.9 310.8 290.2 324.7 4.72 8 650 3725 3.9 -12.3 30 16.1 -2.7 219 32 313.3 313.8 289.0 320.8 2.29 9 600 4371 0.6 -16.7 26 17.3 -5.7 227 32 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.6 1.72 10 550 5063 -3.8 -17.4 34 13.6 -8.6 231 35 319.6 319.9 290.5 325.5 1.78 11 500 5808 -8.4 -26.9 21 18.5 -13.3 229 34 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.8 0.85 12 450 6618 -12.8 -36.1 12 23.4 -17.4 235 35 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.39 13 400 7508 -18.2 -38.0 16 19.8 -21.7 239 36 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.36 14 350 8489 -26.2 -46.5 13 20.3 -28.5 245 41 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.17 15 300 9582 -35.6 -49.2 24 13.6 -36.6 252 47 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 16 250 10822 -45.4 -48.6 71 3.1 -45.6 261 53 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.19 17 200 12281 -53.3 -62.8 31 9.5 -53.5 267 67 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14094 -63.5 -78.0 12 14.5 -63.6 254 62 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16524 -70.8 -83.1 15 12.3 -70.8 260 33 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.74 m Freezing level: 593.27 mb = 4463.90 m = 14645.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.86 mb = 3393.83 m = 11134.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.66 mb = 1646.00 m = 5400.20 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 12.58 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.16 mb = 2351.73 m = 7715.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 26.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5137.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.66 mb = 2059.42 m = 6756.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.4 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 240.4 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 37.88 m/s