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: 33.91,-87.05 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -87.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 986 186 23.5 20.1 81 3.4 21.1 203 12 297.9 300.7 294.8 342.0 15.19 2 950 508 20.7 18.1 85 2.6 18.9 207 29 298.2 300.7 294.0 338.5 13.88 3 900 974 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 213 37 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.4 13.19 4 850 1460 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.7 228 42 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.6 11.35 5 800 1972 12.3 8.5 78 3.8 10.0 234 43 304.3 305.9 291.9 330.5 8.75 6 750 2511 8.8 5.9 82 2.8 7.1 232 42 306.1 307.6 291.6 329.7 7.81 7 700 3078 4.7 1.3 79 3.4 2.9 233 42 307.7 308.9 290.6 326.2 6.03 8 650 3679 1.2 -6.5 56 7.7 -2.3 238 46 310.3 311.0 289.3 321.7 3.61 9 600 4318 -2.5 -9.7 58 7.2 -5.5 247 53 313.2 313.8 289.7 323.1 3.06 10 550 5005 -5.3 -17.2 39 11.9 -9.4 251 61 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.9 1.81 11 500 5748 -9.0 -22.7 32 13.7 -13.0 253 64 322.1 322.3 290.7 326.4 1.23 12 450 6556 -14.0 -29.2 26 15.2 -17.6 258 67 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.76 13 400 7438 -20.8 -34.7 28 13.9 -23.3 261 69 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.8 0.50 14 350 8408 -29.1 -40.8 31 11.7 -30.6 264 71 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.31 15 300 9488 -38.2 -48.6 33 10.4 -38.9 271 75 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.15 16 250 10714 -48.9 -55.3 47 6.4 -49.1 275 74 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12146 -57.6 -61.0 65 3.4 -57.7 250 72 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13955 -61.1 -78.9 8 17.8 -61.3 263 67 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.01 19 100 16436 -65.4 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.5 250 47 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.22 m Freezing level: 634.03 mb = 3883.16 m = 12739.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.84 mb = 3411.07 m = 11191.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.67 mb = 620.75 m = 2036.56 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 940.25 m = 3084.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.20 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 912.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.26 mb = 885.71 m = 2905.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.26 mb = 1028.33 m = 3373.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.26 mb = 11704.19 m = 38399.09 ft B at Equ Level: 905.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.26 mb = 14194.01 m = 46567.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.2 neg: -11.9 tot: 322.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 7.71 Bulk Shear: 118.33 m/s