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: 33.30,-89.49 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 993 131 23.5 20.3 82 3.2 21.2 207 13 297.3 300.0 294.7 341.4 15.26 2 950 514 19.8 18.6 93 1.1 19.0 213 32 297.2 299.8 294.0 338.8 14.37 3 900 978 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.7 227 42 298.8 301.3 293.7 337.5 13.27 4 850 1467 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.5 242 48 302.5 304.5 292.8 334.0 10.63 5 800 1979 12.7 9.6 81 3.1 10.7 240 45 304.7 306.4 292.5 332.9 9.41 6 750 2519 9.5 5.3 75 4.1 7.1 239 44 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.6 7.49 7 700 3088 5.6 -0.6 64 6.2 2.4 239 43 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.9 5.24 8 650 3690 2.1 -6.9 51 9.0 -2.0 246 46 311.3 312.0 289.5 322.4 3.50 9 600 4332 -1.5 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.2 252 51 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.4 2.14 10 550 5021 -4.6 -26.1 17 21.5 -10.6 254 57 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.5 0.83 11 500 5764 -9.2 -29.7 17 20.6 -14.1 259 62 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.65 12 450 6571 -14.1 -35.5 14 21.5 -18.3 266 69 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.41 13 400 7453 -20.7 -37.8 20 17.1 -23.5 270 74 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.4 0.37 14 350 8423 -29.4 -42.0 28 12.6 -30.9 270 76 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.27 15 300 9501 -38.9 -48.6 35 9.7 -39.5 273 79 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 16 250 10725 -48.3 -58.3 30 10.1 -48.6 282 82 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 17 200 12157 -57.6 -64.4 42 6.8 -57.7 262 71 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 150 13973 -60.1 -78.6 7 18.5 -60.3 266 68 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16454 -65.9 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.1 242 39 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.30 m Freezing level: 620.66 mb = 4067.05 m = 13343.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.44 mb = 3414.54 m = 11202.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.16 mb = 539.43 m = 1769.77 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 808.43 m = 2652.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 869.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.44 mb = 748.02 m = 2454.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.44 mb = 888.61 m = 2915.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 879.44 mb = 1175.68 m = 3857.17 ft B at Equ Level: 7.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 829.44 mb = 1673.65 m = 5490.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.1 neg: -30.6 tot: 343.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.48 Bulk Shear: 116.30 m/s