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: 35.33,-87.95 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -87.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 984 186 19.1 18.2 95 0.8 18.5 192 13 293.6 296.0 292.3 332.0 13.50 2 950 484 17.4 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 197 32 294.8 297.1 292.3 332.1 13.02 3 900 946 15.7 15.6 99 0.2 15.6 211 46 297.7 300.0 292.7 333.8 12.44 4 850 1432 14.5 12.3 86 2.2 13.1 230 55 301.4 303.3 292.4 332.6 10.61 5 800 1943 11.6 9.4 86 2.2 10.3 229 53 303.5 305.3 292.0 331.3 9.30 6 750 2480 7.8 6.9 94 0.9 7.2 224 52 305.0 306.6 291.7 330.1 8.33 7 700 3046 3.6 2.5 93 1.1 3.0 222 50 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.5 6.57 8 650 3644 -0.1 -1.5 90 1.4 -0.8 226 53 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.1 5.27 9 600 4283 -2.8 -3.7 93 0.9 -3.2 236 60 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.85 10 550 4969 -6.4 -8.0 89 1.6 -7.1 242 65 316.4 317.2 291.3 328.7 3.81 11 500 5708 -11.3 -16.1 68 4.8 -12.9 248 68 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.6 2.18 12 450 6509 -16.1 -25.4 45 9.3 -18.4 251 75 323.0 323.2 290.8 326.7 1.08 13 400 7385 -22.0 -33.8 33 11.9 -24.1 260 80 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.55 14 350 8353 -29.7 -40.1 36 10.4 -31.0 267 85 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.33 15 300 9430 -39.3 -46.0 49 6.6 -39.8 271 94 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 16 250 10648 -49.8 -53.5 65 3.7 -49.9 278 100 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12077 -57.0 -64.5 38 7.5 -57.2 257 91 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 13902 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.1 -58.8 254 58 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16422 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.2 250 27 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.68 m Freezing level: 651.76 mb = 3623.15 m = 11886.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.81 mb = 3511.07 m = 11519.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.72 mb = 290.47 m = 952.98 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 8.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 791.97 m = 2598.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.96 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 318.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.41 mb = 689.98 m = 2263.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.41 mb = 2343.78 m = 7689.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.41 mb = 10584.11 m = 34724.34 ft B at Equ Level: 318.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.41 mb = 12322.47 m = 40427.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 515.0 neg: -64.1 tot: 450.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 165.74 m/s