MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.56,-88.86 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.2 20.1 65 7.1 22.2 233 12 300.9 303.7 295.6 345.2 15.09 2 950 518 22.6 17.8 75 4.7 19.3 234 28 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.0 13.64 3 900 986 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 235 32 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.0 13.19 4 850 1475 14.7 14.6 99 0.2 14.6 237 34 301.6 303.8 293.8 338.0 12.36 5 800 1986 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 246 39 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.3 9.97 6 750 2526 9.8 4.9 72 4.8 7.0 245 40 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.3 7.28 7 700 3096 6.2 -0.7 61 6.9 2.6 243 40 309.3 310.3 290.4 325.4 5.18 8 650 3700 2.7 -4.8 58 7.5 -0.9 246 43 312.0 312.8 290.3 325.0 4.12 9 600 4343 -0.8 -11.0 46 10.2 -5.0 251 49 315.2 315.7 290.0 324.2 2.76 10 550 5033 -4.3 -17.5 35 13.2 -8.9 259 54 318.9 319.3 290.2 324.8 1.76 11 500 5778 -8.2 -23.0 29 14.8 -12.6 260 58 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.2 1.20 12 450 6588 -13.5 -27.9 29 14.4 -17.1 263 62 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.85 13 400 7471 -20.7 -32.8 33 12.1 -23.0 265 64 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.61 14 350 8442 -28.9 -38.9 37 10.1 -30.2 267 65 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.37 15 300 9523 -38.2 -47.7 36 9.5 -38.9 270 65 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.17 16 250 10752 -47.2 -55.7 37 8.5 -47.6 276 63 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 17 200 12191 -57.9 -60.9 69 3.0 -58.0 255 59 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 13988 -61.4 -78.1 9 16.7 -61.5 266 71 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16456 -67.8 -83.3 9 15.6 -67.8 247 41 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.57 m Freezing level: 611.50 mb = 4195.29 m = 13763.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.43 mb = 3545.57 m = 11632.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.13 mb = 1023.04 m = 3356.40 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 21.07 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.22 mb = 1195.48 m = 3922.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 30.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1012.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.27 mb = 1127.18 m = 3698.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.27 mb = 1273.18 m = 4177.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.27 mb = 12182.29 m = 39967.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1001.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.27 mb = 14396.42 m = 47231.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.4 neg: -6.1 tot: 174.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 15.25 Bulk Shear: 66.39 m/s