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: 34.11,-87.45 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 986 199 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.8 193 14 296.3 298.6 292.5 332.9 12.70 2 950 518 19.9 16.5 81 3.4 17.7 196 32 297.4 299.7 292.7 333.7 12.53 3 900 982 16.4 15.4 94 0.9 15.8 202 44 298.4 300.6 292.9 334.3 12.34 4 850 1469 14.8 11.4 80 3.4 12.7 212 47 301.6 303.5 292.0 331.2 10.02 5 800 1980 11.8 9.4 85 2.4 10.3 217 42 303.7 305.4 292.1 331.5 9.30 6 750 2519 8.7 7.9 95 0.8 8.2 226 44 306.1 307.7 292.6 333.1 8.95 7 700 3088 6.4 4.8 90 1.5 5.5 231 50 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.3 7.75 8 650 3694 3.1 1.8 91 1.3 2.4 232 51 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.4 6.73 9 600 4338 -1.4 -2.3 93 1.0 -1.9 230 52 314.5 315.6 292.2 331.6 5.38 10 550 5027 -5.6 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.3 229 54 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.6 4.10 11 500 5769 -9.2 -12.9 74 3.7 -10.6 227 56 321.8 322.4 292.0 331.3 2.83 12 450 6578 -13.6 -17.2 74 3.6 -14.9 228 61 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.6 2.20 13 400 7464 -19.5 -22.4 78 2.9 -20.3 227 67 329.7 330.0 293.1 335.3 1.59 14 350 8442 -26.5 -29.0 79 2.5 -27.1 234 65 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.6 0.99 15 300 9539 -33.9 -34.5 94 0.6 -34.0 246 56 337.6 337.8 294.4 340.2 0.69 16 250 10789 -44.0 -45.1 88 1.2 -44.1 243 60 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.27 17 200 12253 -53.1 -60.5 40 7.4 -53.3 253 65 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14063 -62.4 -78.0 11 15.6 -62.6 253 63 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16512 -70.1 -83.1 13 13.0 -70.1 250 34 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.66 m Freezing level: 615.30 mb = 4141.07 m = 13586.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.99 mb = 4048.57 m = 13282.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.05 mb = 784.00 m = 2572.16 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 3.04 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1498.26 m = 4915.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.24 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.50 mb = 996.62 m = 3269.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.50 mb = 4159.11 m = 13645.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.50 mb = 5714.89 m = 18749.41 ft B at Equ Level: 30.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.50 mb = 6858.90 m = 22502.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.1 neg: -10.8 tot: 377.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 93.50 m/s