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: 34.38,-87.68 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 982 209 21.5 19.6 89 1.9 20.2 205 14 296.2 298.9 294.0 338.7 14.77 2 950 491 19.5 18.3 93 1.2 18.7 210 31 296.9 299.5 293.7 337.5 14.04 3 900 956 16.6 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 218 41 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.1 13.22 4 850 1442 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 231 47 301.2 303.5 293.5 336.9 12.10 5 800 1953 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 236 49 303.7 305.5 292.7 333.7 10.09 6 750 2492 9.2 4.1 70 5.1 6.3 233 51 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.5 6.88 7 700 3060 5.4 -1.6 60 7.1 1.9 235 51 308.5 309.4 289.8 323.5 4.85 8 650 3662 1.0 -6.7 56 7.7 -2.4 240 53 310.1 310.8 289.2 321.4 3.56 9 600 4300 -2.7 -12.6 47 9.8 -6.5 244 59 312.9 313.4 289.0 320.8 2.42 10 550 4986 -5.9 -20.0 32 14.0 -10.4 246 67 317.0 317.3 289.3 321.9 1.43 11 500 5726 -9.7 -25.4 27 15.7 -13.9 252 70 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.6 0.97 12 450 6532 -14.4 -31.5 22 17.1 -18.1 258 77 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.3 0.61 13 400 7413 -21.3 -36.9 23 15.6 -23.8 259 79 327.4 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.40 14 350 8382 -29.4 -41.8 29 12.4 -30.9 261 79 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 15 300 9460 -38.7 -48.3 36 9.6 -39.4 268 82 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 16 250 10684 -49.0 -55.4 47 6.5 -49.2 274 82 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12117 -56.4 -64.1 38 7.7 -56.6 253 82 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 13936 -60.8 -78.5 8 17.8 -60.9 261 63 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16424 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.6 -64.1 246 44 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.83 m Freezing level: 636.24 mb = 3837.28 m = 12589.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.85 mb = 3321.25 m = 10896.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.10 mb = 445.16 m = 1460.48 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 835.41 m = 2740.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.43 C = 74.18 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 803.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.80 mb = 768.85 m = 2522.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.80 mb = 910.04 m = 2985.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.80 mb = 11366.61 m = 37291.56 ft B at Equ Level: 794.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.80 mb = 13737.15 m = 45068.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 401.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 143.42 m/s