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: 34.18,-87.13 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -87.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 984 196 22.7 19.9 84 2.8 20.8 200 14 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.6 15.01 2 950 501 20.1 18.2 89 1.9 18.8 205 31 297.6 300.1 293.9 338.0 13.97 3 900 966 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.6 213 40 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.3 13.23 4 850 1453 14.3 13.6 95 0.7 13.8 230 44 301.1 303.2 293.1 335.2 11.57 5 800 1965 12.5 8.9 79 3.5 10.3 233 45 304.4 306.1 292.1 331.4 9.00 6 750 2504 8.9 6.1 82 2.9 7.3 230 45 306.3 307.7 291.7 330.1 7.88 7 700 3072 4.8 1.6 80 3.2 3.1 232 46 307.8 308.9 290.7 326.6 6.13 8 650 3672 1.0 -5.8 60 6.8 -2.1 238 50 310.1 310.9 289.4 322.2 3.82 9 600 4311 -2.6 -10.7 54 8.0 -5.9 246 55 313.1 313.6 289.4 322.2 2.83 10 550 4997 -5.6 -17.4 39 11.8 -9.6 250 63 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.4 1.77 11 500 5739 -9.4 -23.5 31 14.2 -13.4 253 66 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.6 1.14 12 450 6546 -14.3 -30.3 25 16.0 -17.9 259 70 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.69 13 400 7427 -21.0 -35.9 25 14.9 -23.5 260 73 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.45 14 350 8397 -29.3 -41.8 29 12.6 -30.7 263 74 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.28 15 300 9476 -38.4 -49.0 32 10.6 -39.1 269 78 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10700 -49.0 -55.3 48 6.3 -49.2 274 77 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12134 -57.1 -62.1 53 5.0 -57.2 250 76 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 13945 -61.1 -79.0 8 17.9 -61.3 263 65 364.8 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16431 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.7 -65.0 248 46 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.00 m Freezing level: 635.86 mb = 3852.76 m = 12640.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.26 mb = 3423.28 m = 11231.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.73 mb = 549.14 m = 1801.61 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 886.33 m = 2907.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 34.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 863.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.01 mb = 824.00 m = 2703.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.01 mb = 966.13 m = 3169.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.01 mb = 1859.65 m = 6101.15 ft B at Equ Level: 14.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.01 mb = 13945.20 m = 45751.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.6 neg: -10.3 tot: 373.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 6.46 Bulk Shear: 133.62 m/s