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: 34.72,-86.34 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 973 288 22.7 18.8 79 3.9 20.0 195 16 298.1 300.7 294.1 339.2 14.16 2 950 499 20.7 17.3 81 3.4 18.4 198 31 298.2 300.6 293.4 336.6 13.21 3 900 964 16.7 15.8 94 0.9 16.1 202 39 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.6 12.65 4 850 1450 14.3 12.8 91 1.5 13.4 216 45 301.1 303.1 292.7 333.6 11.01 5 800 1961 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 225 49 303.6 305.3 291.7 329.9 8.79 6 750 2499 8.2 5.8 85 2.5 6.8 225 48 305.5 306.9 291.4 328.8 7.72 7 700 3065 4.3 2.2 86 2.2 3.2 228 47 307.3 308.5 290.8 326.9 6.41 8 650 3665 0.8 -4.6 67 5.3 -1.7 234 48 309.8 310.6 289.6 323.0 4.19 9 600 4304 -3.0 -11.3 53 8.3 -6.2 244 56 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.3 2.68 10 550 4989 -5.9 -18.5 36 12.6 -10.1 248 63 317.1 317.4 289.5 322.5 1.61 11 500 5730 -9.7 -23.5 31 13.9 -13.6 251 66 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.15 12 450 6535 -14.7 -29.9 26 15.3 -18.1 258 73 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.71 13 400 7416 -21.2 -36.4 24 15.2 -23.7 260 76 327.5 327.5 291.5 329.0 0.43 14 350 8385 -29.6 -41.8 30 12.2 -31.0 261 76 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.28 15 300 9462 -39.0 -47.8 39 8.8 -39.6 267 78 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 16 250 10684 -49.3 -54.2 56 4.9 -49.5 277 80 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 17 200 12118 -56.7 -63.5 42 6.7 -56.9 252 81 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 13930 -60.8 -78.0 9 17.2 -61.0 255 63 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16425 -65.3 -83.5 6 18.2 -65.4 251 44 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.36 m Freezing level: 639.78 mb = 3795.65 m = 12452.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.66 mb = 3448.20 m = 11312.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.10 mb = 783.49 m = 2570.46 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1154.58 m = 3787.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 662.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.38 mb = 1027.07 m = 3369.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.38 mb = 1769.84 m = 5806.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.38 mb = 11265.30 m = 36959.19 ft B at Equ Level: 653.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.38 mb = 13587.69 m = 44578.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.0 neg: -4.0 tot: 409.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 144.55 m/s