MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 35.39,-87.68 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 986 228 16.5 16.1 98 0.3 16.3 207 6 290.8 292.8 289.9 323.9 11.76 2 950 547 15.4 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 202 20 292.8 294.9 290.6 326.0 11.66 3 900 1007 15.7 11.5 76 4.2 13.1 230 32 297.7 299.4 290.4 325.4 9.51 4 850 1490 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.2 235 31 298.8 300.3 289.9 323.6 8.48 5 800 1995 8.7 6.2 84 2.5 7.3 238 29 300.5 301.8 289.5 322.6 7.47 6 750 2527 5.5 1.7 76 3.8 3.5 238 28 302.6 303.6 288.7 319.9 5.78 7 700 3088 2.0 -3.5 67 5.5 -0.6 243 29 304.7 305.5 288.0 317.7 4.22 8 650 3681 -2.7 -6.2 77 3.5 -4.3 245 31 305.9 306.6 287.9 317.3 3.70 9 600 4311 -6.8 -9.4 82 2.5 -7.8 251 35 308.2 308.8 288.1 318.1 3.14 10 550 4985 -10.8 -14.4 75 3.6 -12.0 259 42 311.3 311.7 288.3 318.7 2.28 11 500 5712 -14.6 -20.7 60 6.1 -16.3 253 55 315.2 315.5 288.8 320.2 1.47 12 450 6502 -19.2 -26.6 52 7.5 -20.8 255 50 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.96 13 400 7368 -25.3 -30.2 63 4.9 -26.2 268 55 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.78 14 350 8322 -32.5 -37.3 62 4.8 -33.0 272 59 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.44 15 300 9401 -36.7 -51.6 20 14.9 -37.7 285 110 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10635 -47.1 -54.6 42 7.4 -47.4 286 114 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.09 17 200 12069 -58.7 -61.2 73 2.5 -58.7 288 107 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 13873 -60.6 -78.0 8 17.3 -60.8 283 65 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16382 -64.1 -83.9 5 19.8 -64.3 270 29 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.28 m Freezing level: 678.73 mb = 3340.31 m = 10958.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.90 mb = 3008.13 m = 9869.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.54 mb = 268.45 m = 880.72 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 8.68 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1405.03 m = 4609.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.66 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 233.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.09 mb = 893.56 m = 2931.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.09 mb = 2449.51 m = 8036.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.09 mb = 6716.28 m = 22034.78 ft B at Equ Level: 232.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 297.09 mb = 9466.67 m = 31058.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.6 neg: -7.2 tot: 207.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 3.02 Bulk Shear: 77.39 m/s