MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 12Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 33.74,-87.49 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -87.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 995 166 16.0 15.8 98 0.3 15.8 234 5 289.6 291.6 289.2 321.5 11.39 2 950 558 15.4 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 256 20 292.8 294.9 290.6 326.0 11.65 3 900 1018 16.2 11.2 72 5.1 13.1 275 24 298.2 299.9 290.4 325.4 9.30 4 850 1502 12.9 7.4 69 5.5 9.7 271 25 299.7 301.0 289.4 322.1 7.61 5 800 2009 9.4 2.7 63 6.7 5.8 269 29 301.1 302.2 288.2 318.5 5.80 6 750 2541 6.0 -1.6 58 7.6 2.2 269 33 303.1 303.9 287.7 316.9 4.53 7 700 3102 2.6 -8.9 42 11.5 -2.2 268 38 305.4 305.9 286.8 314.1 2.78 8 650 3697 -1.4 -12.4 43 11.0 -5.5 267 44 307.4 307.8 286.9 314.6 2.26 9 600 4331 -4.6 -13.9 48 9.3 -7.9 265 51 310.8 311.2 288.1 317.9 2.18 10 550 5011 -8.4 -20.8 36 12.4 -12.1 268 47 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.6 1.33 11 500 5746 -11.4 -42.4 6 31.0 -16.5 290 60 319.1 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.18 12 450 6545 -16.6 -50.4 4 33.9 -20.7 298 71 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.08 13 400 7419 -22.9 -48.7 8 25.8 -25.7 291 82 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 14 350 8383 -30.3 -41.8 32 11.5 -31.6 289 88 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.0 0.28 15 300 9459 -39.0 -43.0 66 4.0 -39.4 293 85 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.29 16 250 10683 -47.8 -55.5 41 7.7 -48.1 292 77 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12127 -57.0 -64.1 40 7.2 -57.1 281 73 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13913 -61.7 -77.5 11 15.7 -61.9 302 77 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16402 -65.1 -83.7 6 18.6 -65.3 304 28 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.37 m Freezing level: 667.44 mb = 3489.50 m = 11448.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.61 mb = 2821.10 m = 9255.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.22 mb = 195.78 m = 642.30 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1554.27 m = 5099.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.15 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 3.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 20.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.53 mb = 816.94 m = 2680.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.53 mb = 3375.98 m = 11075.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 606.53 mb = 4244.98 m = 13926.92 ft B at Equ Level: 42.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 506.53 mb = 5645.91 m = 18523.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.4 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 302.4 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 89.54 m/s