MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.68,-87.84 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -87.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 52 22.3 19.8 86 2.4 20.6 168 8 294.8 297.5 293.5 336.7 14.63 1 1000 112 22.3 19.7 85 2.6 20.5 170 14 295.5 298.1 293.7 337.5 14.62 2 950 558 19.8 18.7 93 1.1 19.1 183 29 297.3 299.9 294.1 339.1 14.45 3 900 1023 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.6 193 29 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.3 12.99 4 850 1511 15.1 13.4 90 1.7 14.0 198 28 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.8 11.44 5 800 2024 13.1 7.8 70 5.3 9.9 206 27 305.2 306.7 291.8 330.3 8.34 6 750 2565 11.6 -2.4 37 14.0 4.5 222 25 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.5 4.27 7 700 3139 9.1 -7.9 29 17.0 1.4 233 25 312.5 313.1 289.4 322.2 3.01 8 650 3749 5.7 -9.2 33 14.9 -0.9 236 26 315.4 316.0 290.2 324.9 2.92 9 600 4399 2.1 -13.5 30 15.7 -4.1 232 27 318.6 319.0 290.6 326.0 2.24 10 550 5095 -2.5 -11.7 49 9.1 -6.3 232 32 321.1 321.7 291.9 330.6 2.85 11 500 5844 -7.7 -11.1 77 3.3 -9.1 240 32 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.6 3.29 12 450 6657 -12.0 -22.8 40 10.8 -15.2 246 31 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.36 13 400 7549 -17.7 -34.2 22 16.5 -21.0 247 35 332.0 332.1 292.8 333.9 0.53 14 350 8532 -25.9 -36.0 38 10.1 -27.5 250 36 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.7 0.51 15 300 9627 -34.9 -37.8 75 2.8 -35.3 253 39 336.1 336.2 293.8 338.0 0.49 16 250 10874 -43.7 -43.9 98 0.2 -43.7 261 47 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.31 17 200 12346 -52.0 -63.7 23 11.7 -52.3 270 56 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.04 18 150 14148 -65.5 -74.5 28 9.0 -65.5 269 47 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16555 -72.4 -83.1 19 10.6 -72.5 243 29 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.79 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4716.79 m = 15474.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.08 mb = 3498.37 m = 11477.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.17 mb = 357.43 m = 1172.66 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 945.11 m = 3100.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 19.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.67 mb = 697.77 m = 2289.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 509.67 mb = 5693.60 m = 18679.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.67 mb = 6164.49 m = 20224.45 ft B at Equ Level: 15.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 429.67 mb = 7007.18 m = 22989.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 42.95 m/s