MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.72,-87.34 Latitude: 33.72 Longitude: -87.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 990 168 21.8 17.9 78 3.9 19.2 193 12 295.8 298.2 292.7 333.6 13.15 2 950 528 19.3 17.2 88 2.1 17.9 196 30 296.8 299.2 293.0 334.7 13.11 3 900 992 16.6 15.7 94 1.0 16.0 205 44 298.7 300.9 293.1 335.2 12.55 4 850 1479 14.8 11.3 80 3.5 12.6 213 44 301.7 303.5 292.0 331.1 9.96 5 800 1990 11.9 9.0 82 2.9 10.2 220 40 303.8 305.5 292.0 330.9 9.05 6 750 2529 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 230 42 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.3 8.62 7 700 3099 6.6 4.2 85 2.4 5.2 235 47 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.6 7.41 8 650 3705 3.3 1.3 87 2.0 2.2 235 48 312.7 313.9 292.5 333.0 6.50 9 600 4349 -1.0 -1.6 96 0.5 -1.3 233 48 314.9 316.0 292.5 332.9 5.69 10 550 5039 -5.1 -6.8 88 1.6 -5.9 231 50 318.0 318.8 292.1 331.5 4.18 11 500 5783 -9.1 -11.2 85 2.0 -10.0 228 51 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.7 3.26 12 450 6592 -13.6 -16.4 79 2.8 -14.6 227 52 326.2 326.6 292.9 334.2 2.37 13 400 7478 -19.0 -22.7 73 3.7 -20.0 221 55 330.3 330.6 293.3 335.8 1.55 14 350 8458 -26.4 -31.6 61 5.2 -27.3 232 60 333.2 333.4 293.3 336.1 0.78 15 300 9554 -34.4 -35.9 87 1.4 -34.6 241 59 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.1 0.60 16 250 10802 -44.4 -45.0 93 0.6 -44.5 244 61 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.28 17 200 12266 -52.4 -64.2 23 11.8 -52.7 253 68 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14076 -63.4 -77.0 14 13.6 -63.5 253 56 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16516 -70.1 -83.2 13 13.1 -70.2 251 34 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.32 m Freezing level: 611.83 mb = 4196.83 m = 13768.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.73 mb = 4101.81 m = 13457.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.98 mb = 664.72 m = 2180.82 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1269.92 m = 4166.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.51 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.97 mb = 887.86 m = 2912.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.97 mb = 4137.81 m = 13575.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 485.97 mb = 6001.19 m = 19688.72 ft B at Equ Level: 34.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.97 mb = 7183.57 m = 23567.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 366.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 91.37 m/s