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: 35.81,-89.73 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -89.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 992 85 19.2 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 191 17 293.0 295.3 291.9 330.5 13.22 2 950 459 17.2 17.2 100 0.1 17.2 195 36 294.7 297.0 292.3 332.2 13.09 3 900 921 17.1 15.1 88 2.0 15.8 218 51 299.1 301.3 292.9 334.3 12.07 4 850 1411 16.7 9.8 63 7.0 12.4 230 49 303.7 305.3 291.8 330.4 8.96 5 800 1924 12.3 7.2 71 5.2 9.3 228 49 304.3 305.8 291.2 328.2 7.96 6 750 2462 8.1 3.9 75 4.2 5.7 227 49 305.3 306.6 290.5 325.8 6.76 7 700 3027 3.6 -0.4 75 4.0 1.6 226 49 306.5 307.5 289.6 322.8 5.32 8 650 3624 -1.0 -4.6 76 3.7 -2.6 228 49 307.9 308.7 289.0 320.9 4.17 9 600 4258 -5.3 -8.1 80 2.9 -6.5 232 50 310.0 310.7 289.0 320.9 3.45 10 550 4937 -8.5 -14.8 60 6.3 -10.7 242 61 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.2 2.20 11 500 5671 -11.9 -22.1 42 10.2 -14.7 248 68 318.6 318.8 289.7 323.0 1.31 12 450 6471 -16.1 -29.4 31 13.3 -19.1 255 79 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.6 0.74 13 400 7347 -22.0 -36.6 26 14.6 -24.4 258 89 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.42 14 350 8314 -29.7 -44.2 23 14.5 -31.2 267 96 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.22 15 300 9391 -39.3 -50.0 31 10.8 -39.9 270 104 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 16 250 10611 -49.4 -55.5 49 6.1 -49.6 277 103 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 17 200 12040 -57.4 -65.3 36 8.0 -57.5 251 88 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13869 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.6 -57.8 257 54 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16396 -61.1 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.4 251 32 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.11 m Freezing level: 660.48 mb = 3498.93 m = 11479.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.15 mb = 3247.03 m = 10652.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.87 mb = 227.90 m = 747.69 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1659.45 m = 5444.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 426.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.13 mb = 657.83 m = 2158.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.13 mb = 2536.98 m = 8323.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.13 mb = 10268.74 m = 33689.68 ft B at Equ Level: 425.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.13 mb = 12600.56 m = 41339.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 449.6 neg: -12.7 tot: 436.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 2.98 Bulk Shear: 143.30 m/s