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: 33.64,-86.58 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -86.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 982 213 24.6 19.6 74 4.9 21.1 207 11 299.2 301.9 294.9 342.4 14.81 2 950 504 22.2 17.5 75 4.7 18.9 208 24 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.7 13.36 3 900 972 18.3 15.7 85 2.6 16.5 213 31 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.1 12.53 4 850 1460 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 224 37 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.8 11.42 5 800 1972 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 231 40 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.5 10.27 6 750 2511 8.7 7.0 89 1.7 7.7 238 43 306.0 307.6 292.1 331.4 8.41 7 700 3079 5.2 2.0 80 3.2 3.5 239 44 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7 6.33 8 650 3681 1.5 -2.2 76 3.7 -0.3 243 47 310.7 311.6 290.7 326.4 5.03 9 600 4322 -1.8 -9.2 57 7.3 -5.0 247 54 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.2 3.18 10 550 5009 -5.0 -14.9 46 9.9 -8.7 253 59 318.1 318.5 290.4 325.4 2.18 11 500 5753 -8.8 -20.4 39 11.5 -12.5 257 64 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.5 1.51 12 450 6561 -14.4 -24.5 42 10.2 -17.1 258 67 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.16 13 400 7442 -21.1 -29.1 48 8.0 -22.8 258 67 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.7 0.86 14 350 8412 -29.0 -36.0 51 7.0 -30.0 259 68 329.6 329.8 292.1 331.5 0.50 15 300 9493 -38.1 -43.9 54 5.8 -38.5 262 67 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.26 16 250 10722 -47.5 -53.2 52 5.7 -47.7 267 63 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12161 -57.9 -60.4 72 2.6 -57.9 243 66 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.06 18 150 13963 -61.2 -78.2 9 17.0 -61.3 269 68 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16443 -64.4 -83.6 5 19.2 -64.6 263 42 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.63 m Freezing level: 627.24 mb = 3972.56 m = 13033.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.36 mb = 3626.54 m = 11897.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.08 mb = 837.54 m = 2747.81 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1376.32 m = 4515.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.21 mb = 1152.16 m = 3780.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.21 mb = 1700.11 m = 5577.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.21 mb = 11366.71 m = 37291.91 ft B at Equ Level: 790.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.21 mb = 14119.80 m = 46324.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 331.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 129.46 m/s