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: 35.26,-87.36 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -87.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 976 246 20.4 18.9 91 1.5 19.4 207 16 295.6 298.2 293.4 336.4 14.20 2 950 476 18.9 17.9 94 1.0 18.2 210 33 296.4 298.9 293.3 335.9 13.70 3 900 940 16.1 16.1 100 0.1 16.1 217 43 298.1 300.5 293.2 335.6 12.88 4 850 1425 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 227 51 300.4 302.5 292.9 334.4 11.58 5 800 1935 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.1 232 54 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.0 10.37 6 750 2472 7.8 6.2 89 1.6 6.9 229 56 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.1 7.97 7 700 3038 4.7 -1.0 67 5.6 1.8 230 58 307.7 308.6 289.8 323.4 5.10 8 650 3638 0.2 -6.6 60 6.8 -2.8 236 60 309.2 309.9 288.9 320.5 3.59 9 600 4274 -4.0 -12.6 51 8.6 -7.2 240 66 311.5 311.9 288.5 319.3 2.43 10 550 4956 -7.0 -19.4 36 12.5 -10.9 239 72 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.8 1.49 11 500 5695 -10.3 -24.8 29 14.5 -14.2 246 78 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.0 1.02 12 450 6499 -14.7 -31.9 22 17.2 -18.4 251 85 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.59 13 400 7380 -21.2 -39.1 18 17.9 -23.9 255 87 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 14 350 8348 -29.8 -42.1 29 12.3 -31.2 260 89 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 15 300 9425 -38.9 -47.5 40 8.6 -39.5 264 92 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17 16 250 10646 -49.5 -53.8 60 4.3 -49.7 271 91 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 17 200 12078 -56.8 -65.0 35 8.2 -57.0 256 93 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13896 -59.6 -78.4 7 18.8 -59.8 248 62 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16413 -62.9 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.1 249 36 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.82 m Freezing level: 647.40 mb = 3671.03 m = 12043.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.17 mb = 3270.93 m = 10731.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.65 mb = 434.15 m = 1424.35 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 17.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 839.75 m = 2755.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.53 C = 72.55 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 701.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.81 mb = 781.01 m = 2562.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.81 mb = 1017.24 m = 3337.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.81 mb = 11131.08 m = 36518.83 ft B at Equ Level: 695.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.81 mb = 13416.81 m = 44017.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 59.8 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 44.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 446.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 4.51 Bulk Shear: 155.74 m/s