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: 34.25,-86.89 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 983 207 23.1 19.7 81 3.4 20.7 199 15 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.7 14.86 2 950 503 20.3 18.0 87 2.3 18.7 203 31 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.8 13.80 3 900 968 16.8 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 210 39 298.8 301.2 293.6 337.0 13.13 4 850 1454 14.3 13.3 94 1.0 13.6 228 45 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.5 11.35 5 800 1966 12.5 8.5 77 4.0 10.0 231 45 304.4 306.1 291.9 330.6 8.74 6 750 2505 8.8 6.1 83 2.7 7.2 229 44 306.1 307.6 291.7 329.9 7.88 7 700 3072 4.6 1.7 81 2.9 3.0 231 45 307.6 308.7 290.7 326.5 6.18 8 650 3672 1.0 -6.0 59 7.0 -2.2 237 49 310.1 310.8 289.3 321.9 3.74 9 600 4311 -2.7 -10.6 54 7.9 -5.9 246 55 313.0 313.6 289.4 322.2 2.84 10 550 4998 -5.6 -17.6 38 12.0 -9.7 250 63 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.3 1.74 11 500 5739 -9.4 -23.4 31 14.0 -13.4 252 65 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.6 1.16 12 450 6546 -14.3 -30.0 25 15.7 -17.9 259 69 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.7 0.70 13 400 7427 -21.0 -35.8 25 14.7 -23.5 260 72 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.45 14 350 8397 -29.3 -41.7 29 12.4 -30.7 263 73 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.28 15 300 9476 -38.5 -48.5 34 9.9 -39.2 269 77 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.16 16 250 10699 -49.1 -55.0 50 6.0 -49.3 275 77 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.09 17 200 12133 -57.0 -62.2 52 5.2 -57.1 251 77 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 13944 -61.2 -78.7 8 17.5 -61.3 262 65 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16431 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 250 44 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.22 m Freezing level: 636.71 mb = 3842.36 m = 12606.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.16 mb = 3413.03 m = 11197.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.95 mb = 630.68 m = 2069.13 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 18.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 930.29 m = 3052.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.05 mb = 872.02 m = 2860.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.05 mb = 1014.46 m = 3328.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.05 mb = 1808.56 m = 5933.53 ft B at Equ Level: 10.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.05 mb = 14149.54 m = 46421.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.9 neg: -13.0 tot: 364.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 6.42 Bulk Shear: 130.90 m/s