MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.38,-84.37 Latitude: 30.38 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 44 24.2 20.6 81 3.5 21.7 191 8 296.5 299.2 294.5 340.6 15.32 1 1000 130 23.6 19.4 77 4.2 20.7 192 15 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.1 14.33 2 950 576 20.0 17.4 85 2.5 18.2 196 24 297.4 299.8 293.3 336.0 13.32 3 900 1041 16.9 14.9 88 2.0 15.6 210 29 299.0 301.1 292.7 333.7 11.91 4 850 1528 15.0 13.0 88 2.0 13.7 233 30 301.8 303.9 293.0 334.8 11.15 5 800 2041 12.8 12.1 96 0.6 12.4 249 35 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.2 11.18 6 750 2582 10.2 8.3 88 1.8 9.0 252 34 307.6 309.3 293.2 335.6 9.23 7 700 3154 7.3 5.0 86 2.2 5.9 252 32 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.7 7.84 8 650 3762 3.8 2.0 88 1.8 2.8 254 29 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.6 6.82 9 600 4408 -0.3 -1.1 95 0.8 -0.7 250 28 315.8 316.9 292.9 334.5 5.92 10 550 5100 -4.2 -5.1 94 0.8 -4.6 240 29 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.5 4.78 11 500 5847 -8.1 -9.7 88 1.6 -8.8 236 33 323.2 323.9 293.2 335.3 3.66 12 450 6658 -13.1 -16.0 79 2.9 -14.1 241 34 326.8 327.3 293.1 335.1 2.45 13 400 7546 -18.6 -24.5 60 5.9 -20.1 247 35 330.8 331.1 293.2 335.5 1.32 14 350 8528 -25.7 -30.7 63 5.1 -26.6 249 36 334.2 334.3 293.6 337.3 0.85 15 300 9626 -33.9 -36.4 78 2.5 -34.3 252 37 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.56 16 250 10878 -43.4 -44.0 94 0.5 -43.5 254 39 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.31 17 200 12345 -52.3 -66.8 16 14.6 -52.6 256 46 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14155 -64.8 -76.1 20 11.3 -64.9 262 38 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16552 -73.5 -82.9 22 9.4 -73.6 257 29 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.87 m Freezing level: 603.64 mb = 4361.19 m = 14308.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.72 mb = 4278.40 m = 14036.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.30 mb = 491.62 m = 1612.90 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.94 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1104.44 m = 3623.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 33.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.46 mb = 866.82 m = 2843.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.46 mb = 4098.38 m = 13445.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.46 mb = 5792.94 m = 19005.47 ft B at Equ Level: 23.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 413.46 mb = 7296.63 m = 23938.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 247.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 59.37 m/s