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: 35.06,-87.60 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 978 225 20.7 19.1 90 1.7 19.6 210 16 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.0 14.34 2 950 479 19.1 18.0 94 1.1 18.4 213 32 296.5 299.0 293.4 336.4 13.80 3 900 943 16.2 16.2 100 0.0 16.2 220 42 298.2 300.6 293.3 335.8 12.94 4 850 1428 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.5 230 49 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.1 11.49 5 800 1938 11.5 11.3 99 0.1 11.4 234 52 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.8 10.58 6 750 2475 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.7 231 54 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.5 7.78 7 700 3042 4.8 -2.1 61 6.9 1.4 232 56 307.8 308.7 289.5 322.3 4.69 8 650 3641 0.3 -7.0 58 7.2 -2.9 238 59 309.3 309.9 288.8 320.3 3.49 9 600 4278 -3.9 -12.1 53 8.2 -7.0 240 65 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.8 2.52 10 550 4961 -6.8 -19.9 35 13.0 -10.9 239 72 316.0 316.3 289.0 320.8 1.44 11 500 5699 -10.1 -25.1 28 15.0 -14.2 247 78 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.1 0.99 12 450 6504 -14.6 -32.6 20 18.0 -18.4 252 85 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.55 13 400 7385 -21.2 -39.3 18 18.2 -23.9 256 86 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 14 350 8353 -29.9 -42.0 30 12.2 -31.2 260 88 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.27 15 300 9430 -38.9 -47.4 40 8.5 -39.5 264 91 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.18 16 250 10651 -49.5 -54.0 59 4.6 -49.6 271 90 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 17 200 12083 -56.8 -65.0 35 8.2 -56.9 256 94 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13903 -59.4 -78.5 7 19.2 -59.6 248 61 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16416 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.1 251 35 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.84 m Freezing level: 646.55 mb = 3685.28 m = 12090.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.02 mb = 3228.72 m = 10592.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.23 mb = 431.98 m = 1417.24 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 828.29 m = 2717.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.79 C = 73.03 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 746.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.65 mb = 767.01 m = 2516.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.65 mb = 908.16 m = 2979.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.65 mb = 11085.21 m = 36368.36 ft B at Equ Level: 745.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.65 mb = 13352.01 m = 43805.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 402.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 148.34 m/s