MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.74,-85.66 Latitude: 34.74 Longitude: -85.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 972 356 23.3 18.0 72 5.3 19.6 191 5 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.2 13.49 2 950 553 22.8 15.3 63 7.5 17.8 194 12 300.3 302.4 292.9 334.2 11.57 3 900 1021 18.8 13.6 72 5.2 15.4 195 17 300.9 302.9 292.6 333.1 10.94 4 850 1509 14.7 12.1 84 2.6 13.0 195 18 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.4 10.47 5 800 2020 10.7 10.5 98 0.3 10.6 195 18 302.6 304.4 292.3 332.3 10.00 6 750 2557 8.8 4.8 76 4.0 6.5 195 16 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.0 7.21 7 700 3126 6.7 0.1 63 6.6 3.2 202 17 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.0 5.51 8 650 3731 3.4 -5.5 52 8.9 -0.8 209 22 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.2 3.90 9 600 4376 0.0 -15.2 31 15.2 -5.7 221 25 316.1 316.5 289.6 322.6 1.95 10 550 5068 -4.4 -17.3 36 12.9 -8.9 238 28 318.9 319.2 290.2 324.9 1.79 11 500 5811 -8.8 -25.8 24 17.0 -13.5 245 29 322.3 322.4 290.4 325.5 0.93 12 450 6619 -13.8 -33.8 17 20.1 -17.9 254 29 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.49 13 400 7506 -18.4 -47.4 6 29.0 -22.3 261 29 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.13 14 350 8485 -27.1 -45.9 15 18.8 -29.2 265 32 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.18 15 300 9575 -36.2 -46.4 34 10.2 -37.0 271 40 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.20 16 250 10812 -46.5 -52.1 53 5.5 -46.8 268 49 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.12 17 200 12268 -51.6 -69.0 11 17.5 -52.0 272 64 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14085 -63.4 -77.5 13 14.1 -63.5 257 53 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16504 -71.9 -82.7 18 10.8 -72.0 254 30 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.15 m Freezing level: 599.91 mb = 4377.52 m = 14361.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.90 mb = 3608.03 m = 11837.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.21 mb = 1028.79 m = 3375.25 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1738.77 m = 5704.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.30 mb = 1556.14 m = 5105.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.30 mb = 1911.99 m = 6272.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 770.30 mb = 2334.45 m = 7658.87 ft B at Equ Level: 8.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 710.30 mb = 3005.66 m = 9860.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: -6.8 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 18.24 m/s