MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.55,-89.97 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 998 103 23.9 18.3 71 5.6 20.1 187 14 297.2 299.6 293.3 335.8 13.35 2 950 533 20.5 17.6 84 2.9 18.5 190 33 298.0 300.4 293.6 337.0 13.45 3 900 999 18.1 16.9 92 1.2 17.3 203 41 300.2 302.7 294.3 340.0 13.58 4 850 1489 16.0 13.7 86 2.3 14.5 214 37 302.9 305.1 293.7 337.6 11.69 5 800 2003 14.2 9.4 73 4.8 11.2 221 35 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.4 9.30 6 750 2547 12.0 6.9 71 5.1 8.9 224 35 309.6 311.1 293.1 335.1 8.33 7 700 3122 8.2 6.1 87 2.1 6.9 238 33 311.6 313.2 293.7 337.7 8.47 8 650 3731 4.2 1.7 84 2.5 2.8 244 36 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.6 6.68 9 600 4378 0.3 -5.0 68 5.3 -2.2 246 40 316.5 317.3 291.9 330.6 4.41 10 550 5071 -4.2 -9.4 67 5.2 -6.4 245 42 319.1 319.8 291.8 330.2 3.40 11 500 5815 -9.1 -13.0 73 4.0 -10.6 243 40 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.3 2.80 12 450 6623 -13.9 -17.9 72 4.0 -15.2 241 47 325.8 326.2 292.5 333.0 2.09 13 400 7509 -19.4 -25.1 60 5.8 -20.8 239 58 329.8 330.1 292.9 334.3 1.24 14 350 8488 -26.0 -35.5 40 9.5 -27.6 243 64 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.7 0.53 15 300 9585 -34.2 -41.8 46 7.6 -35.0 244 65 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.32 16 250 10836 -43.5 -46.3 74 2.8 -43.7 237 58 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.24 17 200 12304 -52.9 -66.2 19 13.3 -53.2 253 68 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14110 -63.7 -76.8 15 13.1 -63.8 263 56 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16538 -72.0 -83.0 18 11.0 -72.1 249 33 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.44 m Freezing level: 596.36 mb = 4428.43 m = 14528.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.90 mb = 4088.16 m = 13412.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.16 mb = 817.63 m = 2682.46 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 5.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1566.99 m = 5140.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.29 mb = 948.71 m = 3112.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.29 mb = 4240.47 m = 13912.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.29 mb = 8074.80 m = 26491.81 ft B at Equ Level: 111.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.29 mb = 10558.69 m = 34640.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 286.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 77.01 m/s