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: 34.28,-87.34 Latitude: 34.28 Longitude: -87.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 983 205 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.5 199 14 296.7 299.4 294.3 339.7 14.90 2 950 496 19.7 18.3 91 1.4 18.8 204 31 297.2 299.7 293.8 337.9 14.06 3 900 961 16.6 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 214 41 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.1 13.22 4 850 1448 14.4 14.0 97 0.4 14.1 231 46 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.3 11.89 5 800 1959 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 235 47 304.2 306.0 292.4 332.6 9.49 6 750 2499 9.2 5.4 77 3.9 7.0 231 48 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.3 7.50 7 700 3067 5.1 0.5 72 4.6 2.7 233 49 308.2 309.2 290.5 325.6 5.68 8 650 3668 1.1 -5.7 61 6.8 -2.0 239 51 310.2 310.9 289.5 322.3 3.85 9 600 4307 -2.7 -11.3 51 8.6 -6.1 245 56 313.0 313.5 289.3 321.7 2.68 10 550 4993 -5.8 -18.3 36 12.5 -10.0 248 65 317.2 317.5 289.6 322.7 1.64 11 500 5734 -9.6 -24.4 29 14.8 -13.7 253 68 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.1 1.06 12 450 6540 -14.4 -31.0 23 16.6 -18.0 259 73 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.5 0.64 13 400 7421 -21.1 -36.5 24 15.4 -23.7 260 76 327.6 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.42 14 350 8390 -29.3 -42.0 28 12.7 -30.8 262 76 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.27 15 300 9469 -38.5 -48.8 33 10.3 -39.2 269 79 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10693 -49.0 -55.4 47 6.4 -49.2 274 79 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12127 -56.7 -63.0 45 6.3 -56.8 251 78 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 13941 -61.1 -78.8 8 17.8 -61.2 263 65 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16428 -64.5 -83.5 6 19.0 -64.7 247 46 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.75 m Freezing level: 635.66 mb = 3850.98 m = 12634.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.40 mb = 3405.15 m = 11171.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.61 mb = 490.81 m = 1610.25 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 853.43 m = 2799.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.59 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.12 mb = 789.60 m = 2590.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.12 mb = 931.13 m = 3054.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.12 mb = 11424.21 m = 37480.55 ft B at Equ Level: 819.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.12 mb = 13811.12 m = 45311.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 51.9 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 38.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.8 neg: -8.3 tot: 407.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.67 Bulk Shear: 145.78 m/s