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: 34.52,-89.49 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 995 121 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 216 8 289.7 291.7 289.2 321.5 11.32 2 950 517 15.3 12.7 84 2.6 13.7 250 19 292.7 294.4 288.9 320.5 9.74 3 900 976 14.1 10.2 77 3.9 11.7 277 24 296.0 297.6 289.1 321.3 8.71 4 850 1457 12.0 6.7 70 5.3 9.0 282 30 298.8 300.1 288.8 320.2 7.27 5 800 1962 8.2 3.0 70 5.2 5.4 279 40 299.9 300.9 287.9 317.5 5.93 6 750 2492 4.3 -0.2 73 4.5 2.1 283 50 301.2 302.2 287.6 316.4 5.04 7 700 3050 0.4 -1.6 86 2.1 -0.6 275 60 303.0 303.9 288.0 317.7 4.85 8 650 3643 -0.7 -1.8 92 1.1 -1.3 256 70 308.1 309.1 290.0 324.0 5.15 9 600 4285 -1.6 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.8 238 43 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.7 5.52 10 550 4975 -5.0 -5.5 96 0.5 -5.2 232 53 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.1 4.63 11 500 5719 -8.6 -9.1 96 0.5 -8.8 211 45 322.6 323.3 293.2 335.3 3.84 12 450 6529 -12.9 -13.4 97 0.4 -13.1 209 45 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.3 3.03 13 400 7419 -17.8 -17.8 100 0.0 -17.8 211 52 331.9 332.3 294.3 340.1 2.35 14 350 8405 -24.6 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.6 214 56 335.6 335.9 294.6 341.0 1.49 15 300 9507 -33.7 -35.5 84 1.7 -34.0 216 59 337.8 338.0 294.4 340.2 0.62 16 250 10759 -43.7 -47.2 69 3.4 -44.0 214 59 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.22 17 200 12230 -51.0 -68.7 10 17.7 -51.4 246 64 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14050 -62.8 -78.9 10 16.1 -62.9 248 60 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16499 -69.5 -83.4 12 13.9 -69.6 251 28 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.58 m Freezing level: 681.40 mb = 3270.83 m = 10730.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.74 mb = 2927.10 m = 9603.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.30 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.77 mb = 185.35 m = 608.09 ft T: 16.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.37 C/km ThetaE index: 4.85 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.91 mb = 1626.07 m = 5334.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: 7.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 15.30 C K Index: 25.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.56 mb = 885.83 m = 2906.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.56 mb = 2771.15 m = 9091.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.56 mb = 3228.72 m = 10592.80 ft B at Equ Level: 26.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 634.56 mb = 3835.95 m = 12584.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.0 neg: -64.0 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 117.87 m/s