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: 33.77,-86.66 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 982 216 24.0 19.8 77 4.2 21.1 212 11 298.7 301.4 294.8 342.2 14.96 2 950 503 21.8 17.6 77 4.1 18.9 214 24 299.3 301.7 294.0 338.6 13.48 3 900 970 17.9 15.9 88 2.0 16.6 218 31 300.0 302.3 293.6 337.2 12.73 4 850 1458 15.0 13.7 92 1.3 14.1 226 39 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.3 11.66 5 800 1970 11.9 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 232 42 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.1 10.52 6 750 2508 8.5 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 237 44 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.7 8.57 7 700 3076 5.0 2.0 81 3.0 3.4 238 46 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.5 6.34 8 650 3677 1.4 -2.6 75 4.0 -0.6 241 49 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.7 4.87 9 600 4318 -2.0 -9.5 57 7.5 -5.2 244 55 313.8 314.3 289.9 323.7 3.09 10 550 5005 -5.3 -15.3 45 10.0 -8.9 251 60 317.8 318.3 290.2 324.9 2.12 11 500 5748 -8.8 -21.3 36 12.5 -12.6 257 65 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.40 12 450 6556 -14.3 -25.7 38 11.3 -17.3 258 69 325.2 325.4 291.4 329.0 1.05 13 400 7436 -21.2 -30.0 45 8.8 -23.0 258 69 327.5 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.79 14 350 8406 -29.1 -36.6 48 7.5 -30.2 258 69 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.3 0.48 15 300 9487 -38.1 -44.5 51 6.4 -38.7 262 69 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.24 16 250 10716 -47.5 -54.0 47 6.5 -47.7 266 64 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12156 -57.7 -60.6 70 2.9 -57.8 243 69 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 13958 -61.2 -78.1 9 16.9 -61.4 268 68 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16442 -64.3 -83.6 5 19.3 -64.5 264 43 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.31 m Freezing level: 629.94 mb = 3933.99 m = 12906.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3588.75 m = 11773.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.76 mb = 744.63 m = 2442.98 ft T: 19.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1275.34 m = 4184.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.60 mb = 1078.55 m = 3538.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.60 mb = 1622.24 m = 5322.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.60 mb = 11435.96 m = 37519.08 ft B at Equ Level: 810.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.60 mb = 14225.00 m = 46669.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 319.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 319.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 6.57 Bulk Shear: 123.97 m/s