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: 34.54,-86.65 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -86.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 980 232 23.5 19.4 77 4.2 20.6 196 16 298.4 301.1 294.5 340.9 14.59 2 950 499 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.7 200 32 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.5 13.65 3 900 964 16.7 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 207 40 298.8 301.1 293.4 336.5 12.97 4 850 1450 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 225 47 301.6 303.5 292.6 333.4 10.79 5 800 1962 12.5 8.0 74 4.4 9.8 229 47 304.4 306.0 291.6 329.8 8.46 6 750 2501 8.7 5.7 81 3.0 7.0 227 46 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.4 7.70 7 700 3068 4.5 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 229 46 307.4 308.6 290.8 326.8 6.33 8 650 3668 0.9 -5.9 60 6.8 -2.2 236 49 309.9 310.6 289.3 321.8 3.78 9 600 4307 -2.9 -11.6 51 8.6 -6.3 246 55 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.2 2.63 10 550 4992 -5.9 -17.7 39 11.8 -9.9 249 63 317.0 317.4 289.6 322.8 1.72 11 500 5733 -9.7 -23.2 32 13.5 -13.6 252 66 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.18 12 450 6538 -14.7 -30.2 25 15.6 -18.1 258 71 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.69 13 400 7419 -21.2 -36.4 24 15.3 -23.7 259 76 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.42 14 350 8388 -29.5 -42.0 29 12.5 -30.9 261 76 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.27 15 300 9466 -38.9 -47.8 39 8.8 -39.6 267 78 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 16 250 10688 -49.2 -54.6 53 5.4 -49.4 277 79 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 17 200 12123 -56.5 -63.7 40 7.2 -56.6 251 81 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 13935 -60.9 -78.3 8 17.4 -61.0 259 63 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16427 -65.1 -83.4 6 18.3 -65.3 250 43 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.65 m Freezing level: 638.78 mb = 3811.44 m = 12504.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.69 mb = 3414.40 m = 11201.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.61 mb = 759.57 m = 2491.99 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 19.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 989.51 m = 3246.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 837.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.91 mb = 935.88 m = 3070.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.91 mb = 2195.96 m = 7204.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.91 mb = 11282.76 m = 37016.48 ft B at Equ Level: 834.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.91 mb = 14021.12 m = 46000.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.4 neg: -12.3 tot: 393.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.99 Bulk Shear: 139.70 m/s