MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.31,-88.55 Latitude: 35.31 Longitude: -88.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 987 151 18.4 17.6 95 0.8 17.9 185 15 292.6 294.9 291.5 329.3 12.94 2 950 481 16.7 16.7 100 0.0 16.7 191 32 294.2 296.5 291.9 330.5 12.72 3 900 945 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.7 211 44 301.3 303.1 291.9 330.6 9.94 4 850 1435 16.4 9.8 65 6.6 12.3 211 39 303.3 305.0 291.7 330.2 9.00 5 800 1948 12.6 7.2 70 5.4 9.4 221 38 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.6 7.98 6 750 2486 8.4 3.4 71 5.0 5.6 232 39 305.7 306.9 290.4 325.5 6.54 7 700 3052 4.3 -1.8 64 6.1 1.3 238 39 307.3 308.2 289.4 322.1 4.79 8 650 3651 -0.2 -6.1 64 5.9 -2.9 237 39 308.7 309.4 288.9 320.4 3.72 9 600 4286 -4.6 -9.4 69 4.7 -6.5 240 44 310.8 311.4 289.0 320.7 3.13 10 550 4967 -7.9 -15.0 57 7.1 -10.4 245 55 314.8 315.2 289.3 321.9 2.17 11 500 5702 -11.7 -19.5 52 7.8 -14.0 253 64 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.3 1.63 12 450 6502 -16.8 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.4 260 71 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.8 1.35 13 400 7375 -22.9 -28.8 59 5.8 -24.1 264 75 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.4 0.89 14 350 8340 -30.1 -38.5 44 8.4 -31.2 271 91 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.39 15 300 9415 -39.5 -45.5 53 5.9 -40.0 275 98 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 16 250 10635 -49.6 -52.9 68 3.3 -49.7 282 96 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12065 -56.1 -65.9 28 9.8 -56.3 256 93 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13898 -58.7 -78.5 6 19.8 -58.9 261 65 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16411 -63.6 -83.7 5 20.1 -63.7 252 34 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.64 m Freezing level: 652.43 mb = 3621.78 m = 11882.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.27 mb = 3235.97 m = 10616.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.67 mb = 244.26 m = 801.38 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 1916.94 m = 6289.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.71 mb = 957.08 m = 3139.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.71 mb = 3009.08 m = 9872.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.71 mb = 7489.93 m = 24572.97 ft B at Equ Level: 197.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.71 mb = 11346.71 m = 37226.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.0 neg: -33.4 tot: 359.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 125.67 m/s