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: 32.96,-89.49 Latitude: 32.96 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 64 SFC 991 142 24.1 20.4 80 3.8 21.5 235 11 298.0 300.8 295.0 342.6 15.36 2 950 511 20.7 18.2 86 2.5 19.0 241 27 298.2 300.7 294.0 338.8 13.98 3 900 977 17.1 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 246 34 299.1 301.5 293.8 337.8 13.27 4 850 1463 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 248 37 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.9 11.55 5 800 1975 12.4 9.4 82 3.0 10.5 247 40 304.4 306.1 292.3 332.1 9.27 6 750 2514 10.0 1.7 56 8.3 5.5 245 43 307.4 308.5 290.3 325.2 5.79 7 700 3084 6.5 -5.5 42 11.9 0.9 247 47 309.7 310.3 289.1 321.1 3.64 8 650 3687 2.2 -9.0 43 11.2 -2.6 247 49 311.4 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.97 9 600 4329 -1.1 -16.2 31 15.1 -6.5 251 55 314.9 315.2 289.0 320.8 1.80 10 550 5018 -4.6 -23.6 21 18.9 -10.2 255 60 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.2 1.04 11 500 5763 -8.2 -28.4 18 20.1 -13.4 258 65 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.6 0.74 12 450 6573 -13.5 -32.3 19 18.8 -17.6 260 69 326.2 326.4 291.2 328.3 0.57 13 400 7455 -21.0 -34.2 29 13.3 -23.4 263 69 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.53 14 350 8425 -29.1 -41.3 30 12.2 -30.6 265 71 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 15 300 9505 -38.5 -48.8 33 10.3 -39.2 268 72 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 16 250 10732 -47.5 -59.0 25 11.5 -47.9 279 71 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 17 200 12170 -57.9 -63.5 49 5.6 -58.0 254 67 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 13975 -60.6 -78.0 8 17.4 -60.8 266 72 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16448 -66.6 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.7 248 38 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.82 m Freezing level: 616.67 mb = 4115.27 m = 13501.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.22 mb = 3234.30 m = 10611.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.39 mb = 616.93 m = 2024.03 ft T: 19.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 924.55 m = 3033.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 23.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 798.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.46 mb = 858.35 m = 2816.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.46 mb = 1000.83 m = 3283.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.46 mb = 11630.59 m = 38157.66 ft B at Equ Level: 795.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.46 mb = 14079.43 m = 46191.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 206.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 8.73 Bulk Shear: 91.48 m/s