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: 36.53,-88.6 Latitude: 36.53 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 988 144 27.1 14.7 47 12.4 18.9 182 15 301.2 303.2 292.4 332.7 10.69 2 950 489 24.9 14.0 51 10.8 17.7 186 32 302.4 304.4 292.8 334.0 10.65 3 900 961 21.1 12.3 57 8.7 15.4 192 38 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.1 10.05 4 850 1453 17.2 10.7 65 6.5 13.1 198 33 304.2 305.9 292.4 332.6 9.52 5 800 1967 12.6 8.6 76 4.1 10.2 204 34 304.6 306.3 292.0 331.0 8.79 6 750 2505 8.1 5.8 85 2.3 6.7 211 40 305.3 306.8 291.3 328.6 7.72 7 700 3073 6.1 -2.5 54 8.7 1.8 215 43 309.3 310.1 289.8 323.4 4.53 8 650 3678 3.7 -3.3 60 7.0 0.2 220 42 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.6 4.60 9 600 4323 -0.8 -4.1 78 3.3 -2.4 220 43 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.3 4.71 10 550 5012 -5.7 -10.2 70 4.5 -7.5 218 45 317.4 318.0 291.1 327.8 3.20 11 500 5753 -10.9 -16.4 64 5.5 -12.8 224 51 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.9 2.12 12 450 6556 -15.1 -17.1 85 2.0 -15.7 234 60 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.8 2.23 13 400 7439 -20.0 -20.1 100 0.1 -20.0 244 57 329.0 329.4 293.3 335.8 1.95 14 350 8416 -26.7 -27.6 92 0.9 -26.9 246 51 332.8 333.0 293.6 336.9 1.13 15 300 9509 -35.3 -35.3 100 -0.0 -35.3 250 59 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.63 16 250 10754 -44.7 -45.8 89 1.1 -44.8 255 60 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.6 0.25 17 200 12208 -55.7 -58.3 72 2.6 -55.8 260 71 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.8 0.07 18 150 14018 -61.8 -77.2 11 15.4 -62.0 251 56 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16478 -67.8 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.9 252 36 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.10 m Freezing level: 608.68 mb = 4211.18 m = 13816.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.21 mb = 3724.98 m = 12220.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.74 mb = 1708.62 m = 5605.64 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2198.06 m = 7211.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 30.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.42 mb = 1909.64 m = 6265.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.42 mb = 2500.30 m = 8202.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.42 mb = 2722.59 m = 8932.29 ft B at Equ Level: 8.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 680.42 mb = 3304.24 m = 10840.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 242.8 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): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.4 neg: -11.4 tot: 243.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 59.44 m/s