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: 34.18,-88.47 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 996 103 25.6 16.3 56 9.3 19.4 177 13 299.1 301.2 292.6 333.4 11.75 2 950 518 23.0 15.4 62 7.6 17.9 184 32 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.9 11.69 3 900 987 19.8 13.9 69 5.9 16.0 192 42 301.9 304.0 293.0 335.0 11.19 4 850 1478 16.8 11.0 68 5.8 13.1 203 37 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.8 9.73 5 800 1992 12.6 9.1 79 3.6 10.4 212 32 304.6 306.3 292.2 331.9 9.09 6 750 2531 8.6 6.7 88 1.8 7.5 234 29 305.9 307.4 291.9 330.8 8.26 7 700 3099 6.2 1.2 71 4.9 3.5 234 33 309.3 310.4 291.1 327.8 5.98 8 650 3705 3.8 -8.5 40 12.4 -1.6 231 37 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.2 3.09 9 600 4350 -0.5 -10.9 45 10.4 -4.8 227 42 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.5 2.78 10 550 5040 -4.8 -9.8 68 5.0 -6.9 224 45 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.2 3.30 11 500 5784 -9.1 -12.6 76 3.5 -10.5 226 45 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.6 2.91 12 450 6593 -13.5 -16.2 80 2.7 -14.5 224 47 326.2 326.7 292.9 334.4 2.40 13 400 7479 -19.4 -19.9 95 0.5 -19.6 230 53 329.8 330.2 293.5 336.7 1.97 14 350 8459 -26.1 -26.1 100 0.0 -26.1 239 56 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.30 15 300 9555 -34.4 -34.5 99 0.1 -34.4 243 64 336.9 337.0 294.2 339.4 0.68 16 250 10804 -43.9 -44.1 98 0.2 -43.9 242 57 340.8 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.30 17 200 12267 -54.2 -55.8 83 1.6 -54.3 248 64 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.10 18 150 14077 -62.6 -77.8 11 15.1 -62.7 246 57 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16519 -69.9 -83.1 13 13.2 -70.0 245 32 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.63 m Freezing level: 606.08 mb = 4271.36 m = 14013.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.90 mb = 3507.35 m = 11506.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.90 mb = 1289.49 m = 4230.56 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.75 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 1994.13 m = 6542.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.48 mb = 1513.54 m = 4965.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.48 mb = 2514.40 m = 8249.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 721.48 mb = 2850.26 m = 9351.13 ft B at Equ Level: 11.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 651.48 mb = 3686.23 m = 12093.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 248.8 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): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.9 neg: -2.4 tot: 268.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 69.22 m/s