MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.77,-88.86 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 997 102 25.8 16.8 57 9.0 19.7 184 14 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.6 12.13 2 950 522 22.6 15.9 66 6.7 18.1 188 33 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.4 12.04 3 900 990 18.9 14.5 76 4.4 16.0 193 40 301.0 303.1 293.1 335.2 11.63 4 850 1480 16.4 11.8 74 4.7 13.4 200 36 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.9 10.26 5 800 1993 12.5 10.0 85 2.5 10.9 210 32 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.4 9.68 6 750 2533 9.2 7.8 91 1.4 8.4 227 33 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.5 8.91 7 700 3103 6.8 2.7 75 4.1 4.5 231 36 310.0 311.2 291.9 330.5 6.65 8 650 3709 3.8 -4.3 55 8.1 -0.1 231 36 313.3 314.1 290.8 326.9 4.27 9 600 4354 -0.7 -6.9 63 6.1 -3.5 226 39 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.5 3.81 10 550 5044 -4.9 -8.3 77 3.4 -6.4 224 43 318.2 319.0 291.8 330.3 3.72 11 500 5788 -9.0 -12.2 78 3.2 -10.3 226 47 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.0 3.00 12 450 6597 -13.7 -17.2 75 3.5 -14.9 227 50 326.0 326.4 292.7 333.5 2.20 13 400 7483 -19.1 -20.8 86 1.7 -19.6 235 56 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.5 1.82 14 350 8464 -25.9 -26.7 93 0.8 -26.1 242 56 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.4 1.23 15 300 9561 -34.2 -34.7 95 0.6 -34.2 245 60 337.2 337.4 294.3 339.8 0.67 16 250 10811 -44.0 -45.2 88 1.2 -44.0 245 59 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.8 0.27 17 200 12276 -53.5 -58.4 55 4.9 -53.7 252 69 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14085 -63.2 -77.4 13 14.3 -63.3 246 58 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16526 -70.4 -83.1 14 12.7 -70.4 246 33 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.29 m Freezing level: 608.05 mb = 4250.37 m = 13944.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.07 mb = 3695.61 m = 12124.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.25 mb = 1248.65 m = 4096.56 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 6.65 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1886.56 m = 6189.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.68 mb = 1392.89 m = 4569.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.68 mb = 4304.95 m = 14123.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.68 mb = 6203.25 m = 20351.63 ft B at Equ Level: 31.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.68 mb = 7600.09 m = 24934.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 230.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 54.48 m/s