MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.03,-89.18 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 992 144 23.3 19.8 81 3.4 20.9 209 13 297.1 299.8 294.3 340.0 14.84 2 950 522 19.6 18.5 94 1.0 18.8 214 30 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.3 14.26 3 900 986 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 225 39 298.8 301.2 293.8 337.8 13.39 4 850 1475 15.9 11.0 73 4.8 12.8 241 45 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.7 9.76 5 800 1988 13.1 8.3 73 4.8 10.2 241 41 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.0 8.62 6 750 2528 9.4 5.4 76 3.9 7.1 239 38 306.7 308.2 291.6 329.6 7.54 7 700 3096 5.4 -0.2 67 5.6 2.5 241 37 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.2 5.41 8 650 3698 1.8 -8.0 48 9.8 -2.4 243 38 311.0 311.7 289.2 321.3 3.22 9 600 4341 -0.7 -9.6 51 8.9 -4.5 254 49 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.3 3.08 10 550 5031 -4.5 -22.4 23 18.0 -9.9 258 53 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.7 1.15 11 500 5775 -8.7 -30.3 16 21.5 -13.9 262 59 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.62 12 450 6583 -14.1 -36.2 14 22.1 -18.3 267 65 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.39 13 400 7465 -20.7 -39.8 16 19.0 -23.7 272 69 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.30 14 350 8435 -29.2 -43.2 25 14.0 -30.8 271 72 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.2 0.24 15 300 9514 -38.8 -50.9 27 12.1 -39.5 274 75 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.12 16 250 10738 -48.0 -59.6 25 11.5 -48.4 283 76 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12172 -57.7 -64.7 41 6.9 -57.9 265 66 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 13979 -60.5 -78.4 8 17.9 -60.7 265 73 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16460 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.1 -66.4 243 41 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.06 m Freezing level: 613.33 mb = 4169.70 m = 13679.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.51 mb = 3397.67 m = 11147.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.82 mb = 577.96 m = 1896.17 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 18.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 823.89 m = 2703.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.38 C = 75.88 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 30.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 739.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.48 mb = 755.85 m = 2479.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.48 mb = 991.39 m = 3252.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 889.48 mb = 1086.87 m = 3565.81 ft B at Equ Level: 8.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 849.48 mb = 1479.79 m = 4854.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.1 neg: -39.9 tot: 288.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 7.72 Bulk Shear: 95.71 m/s