MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1009 44 24.2 21.1 83 3.1 22.0 213 8 296.6 299.5 294.8 342.2 15.78 1 1000 121 24.0 20.0 78 4.0 21.2 215 14 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.3 14.90 2 950 568 20.5 18.4 87 2.2 19.1 221 23 298.0 300.6 294.1 339.0 14.12 3 900 1034 17.9 16.8 93 1.1 17.1 233 26 299.9 302.4 294.1 339.4 13.47 4 850 1523 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.7 248 27 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.3 12.19 5 800 2036 12.6 11.7 94 0.9 12.0 261 28 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.0 10.86 6 750 2576 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 8.9 266 29 307.2 309.0 293.2 335.3 9.27 7 700 3148 7.5 3.6 76 3.9 5.3 266 31 310.8 312.2 292.5 332.8 7.12 8 650 3756 4.2 -0.7 70 4.9 1.6 265 33 313.7 314.8 292.0 331.3 5.58 9 600 4403 -0.1 -4.7 71 4.6 -2.3 264 37 316.0 316.8 291.8 330.3 4.49 10 550 5094 -4.9 -9.0 73 4.2 -6.7 266 39 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.8 3.51 11 500 5837 -9.3 -16.4 56 7.1 -11.8 272 38 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.12 12 450 6644 -14.4 -21.6 55 7.2 -16.5 264 38 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.4 1.51 13 400 7527 -19.7 -20.3 95 0.6 -19.9 243 39 329.4 329.8 293.3 336.0 1.91 14 350 8506 -26.2 -26.4 99 0.1 -26.2 232 42 333.4 333.7 293.8 338.0 1.27 15 300 9604 -33.3 -33.3 100 0.0 -33.3 235 47 338.5 338.6 294.7 341.4 0.77 16 250 10858 -42.7 -45.1 77 2.4 -42.9 232 46 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.6 0.27 17 200 12328 -53.5 -66.2 20 12.7 -53.8 253 55 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14132 -65.3 -75.4 24 10.0 -65.4 258 50 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16537 -72.7 -82.9 20 10.3 -72.7 257 26 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.56 m Freezing level: 601.46 mb = 4383.90 m = 14382.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.60 mb = 4013.72 m = 13168.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.78 mb = 442.40 m = 1451.42 ft T: 21.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.48 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1086.45 m = 3564.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.04 mb = 816.34 m = 2678.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.04 mb = 1847.22 m = 6060.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.04 mb = 9188.00 m = 30143.97 ft B at Equ Level: 351.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.04 mb = 12390.10 m = 40649.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.5 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 289.5 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 5.86 Bulk Shear: 60.38 m/s