MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.57,-87.21 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -87.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 988 161 24.0 20.2 79 3.8 21.3 234 10 298.2 301.0 295.0 342.6 15.29 2 950 503 21.7 17.8 79 3.8 19.1 235 25 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.0 13.65 3 900 970 18.1 15.9 87 2.2 16.7 234 33 300.2 302.5 293.7 337.5 12.73 4 850 1458 14.9 14.0 94 0.9 14.3 232 37 301.8 304.0 293.6 336.9 11.91 5 800 1970 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.5 232 41 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.3 10.61 6 750 2508 8.7 7.1 90 1.5 7.8 234 44 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.6 8.49 7 700 3076 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.3 238 47 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.3 6.23 8 650 3678 1.6 -3.7 68 5.3 -0.9 242 51 310.8 311.6 290.2 324.9 4.49 9 600 4319 -1.9 -10.9 50 8.9 -5.5 245 56 313.9 314.4 289.6 322.9 2.78 10 550 5006 -5.2 -16.8 40 11.6 -9.2 251 61 318.0 318.3 290.0 324.2 1.87 11 500 5749 -8.8 -22.6 32 13.8 -12.9 258 66 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.7 1.25 12 450 6557 -14.3 -26.8 34 12.6 -17.4 259 70 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.95 13 400 7438 -21.1 -31.0 41 9.9 -23.1 259 70 327.5 327.7 291.7 330.1 0.72 14 350 8408 -29.0 -37.9 42 8.9 -30.2 259 70 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.42 15 300 9489 -38.2 -45.2 48 7.0 -38.8 262 71 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.4 0.23 16 250 10718 -47.1 -55.4 38 8.3 -47.4 266 64 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 17 200 12159 -57.5 -61.0 64 3.6 -57.5 244 70 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 13964 -61.2 -78.1 9 16.9 -61.4 270 70 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16442 -64.9 -83.5 6 18.7 -65.0 258 43 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.26 m Freezing level: 627.16 mb = 3970.74 m = 13027.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.88 mb = 3543.29 m = 11624.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.03 mb = 640.26 m = 2100.56 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 19.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1224.20 m = 4016.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 883.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.34 mb = 1024.18 m = 3360.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.34 mb = 1465.00 m = 4806.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.34 mb = 11563.09 m = 37936.19 ft B at Equ Level: 876.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.34 mb = 13991.13 m = 45902.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 8.54 Bulk Shear: 103.48 m/s