MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.45,-86.69 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -86.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 983 227 22.3 16.4 69 5.9 18.4 180 13 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.8 12.04 2 950 519 20.3 15.9 75 4.5 17.4 186 29 297.8 300.0 292.4 332.7 12.02 3 900 984 16.9 14.7 87 2.2 15.4 196 40 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.2 11.74 4 850 1471 15.2 10.8 75 4.4 12.4 200 42 302.1 303.8 291.9 330.5 9.60 5 800 1982 11.9 8.1 78 3.8 9.6 203 41 303.8 305.4 291.5 329.3 8.51 6 750 2521 9.1 5.1 76 4.0 6.8 218 39 306.5 307.9 291.4 328.9 7.38 7 700 3090 6.5 0.6 66 5.9 3.4 229 40 309.7 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.73 8 650 3696 3.7 -5.0 53 8.7 -0.4 228 42 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.1 4.07 9 600 4341 -0.4 -9.3 51 8.9 -4.2 224 44 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.9 3.14 10 550 5031 -5.0 -11.1 63 6.0 -7.5 221 46 318.1 318.7 291.1 327.9 2.99 11 500 5774 -9.6 -10.7 92 1.0 -10.1 225 50 321.3 321.9 292.4 332.5 3.39 12 450 6582 -13.5 -18.0 69 4.5 -15.0 224 54 326.3 326.7 292.6 333.4 2.07 13 400 7468 -19.8 -21.8 84 2.0 -20.4 226 57 329.3 329.6 293.1 335.1 1.68 14 350 8445 -26.7 -29.0 81 2.3 -27.2 231 64 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.4 0.99 15 300 9540 -34.5 -34.6 99 0.1 -34.6 236 61 336.7 336.9 294.1 339.3 0.68 16 250 10788 -44.3 -44.3 100 -0.0 -44.3 239 61 340.2 340.3 294.7 341.4 0.30 17 200 12249 -53.3 -58.9 50 5.6 -53.4 245 69 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.7 0.07 18 150 14071 -61.2 -78.1 9 17.0 -61.3 255 56 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16512 -71.0 -83.0 15 12.0 -71.1 247 33 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.71 m Freezing level: 604.72 mb = 4280.24 m = 14042.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.89 mb = 3622.08 m = 11883.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.59 mb = 978.06 m = 3208.83 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1747.89 m = 5734.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 29.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5209.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.77 mb = 1167.84 m = 3831.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 314.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 73.96 m/s