MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.38,-88.68 Latitude: 36.38 Longitude: -88.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 989 137 27.1 15.0 48 12.1 19.1 182 15 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.3 10.89 2 950 491 24.8 14.3 52 10.5 17.8 184 32 302.4 304.4 292.9 334.4 10.82 3 900 962 21.0 12.6 59 8.4 15.5 190 38 303.1 305.0 292.7 333.5 10.22 4 850 1454 17.1 10.9 67 6.2 13.2 198 34 304.1 305.9 292.5 333.0 9.68 5 800 1968 12.6 9.0 78 3.7 10.4 206 35 304.6 306.3 292.2 331.7 9.02 6 750 2507 8.1 6.5 90 1.5 7.2 213 40 305.3 306.8 291.7 329.8 8.13 7 700 3074 6.0 -1.3 59 7.3 2.2 216 43 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.5 4.95 8 650 3679 3.7 -3.6 59 7.3 0.1 221 42 313.2 314.0 291.0 327.5 4.51 9 600 4325 -0.7 -4.4 76 3.7 -2.5 221 43 315.3 316.2 291.7 330.0 4.61 10 550 5014 -5.5 -10.7 67 5.2 -7.6 218 45 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.6 3.08 11 500 5755 -10.7 -16.6 62 5.9 -12.8 224 50 320.0 320.4 290.9 326.9 2.08 12 450 6559 -14.8 -17.0 84 2.1 -15.5 235 59 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.3 2.25 13 400 7442 -20.0 -20.2 99 0.1 -20.1 244 56 329.0 329.3 293.2 335.7 1.93 14 350 8419 -26.7 -27.4 94 0.6 -26.9 246 51 332.7 333.0 293.6 336.9 1.16 15 300 9512 -35.2 -35.6 96 0.4 -35.3 251 60 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.1 0.61 16 250 10757 -44.7 -45.4 93 0.7 -44.7 257 61 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.6 0.26 17 200 12212 -55.3 -58.4 68 3.1 -55.4 260 71 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14021 -62.1 -76.8 12 14.6 -62.3 251 59 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16480 -68.1 -83.5 9 15.4 -68.2 253 36 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.87 m Freezing level: 608.02 mb = 4221.22 m = 13848.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.40 mb = 3711.65 m = 12177.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.93 mb = 1667.17 m = 5469.66 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.74 mb = 2160.98 m = 7089.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.51 mb = 1868.24 m = 6129.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.51 mb = 2456.62 m = 8059.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.51 mb = 2905.34 m = 9531.85 ft B at Equ Level: 10.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 664.51 mb = 3499.07 m = 11479.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.9 neg: -4.0 tot: 251.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 62.20 m/s