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: 33.98,-89.81 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 90 21.6 19.9 90 1.7 20.4 240 8 295.1 297.7 293.7 337.6 14.83 2 950 501 19.8 18.1 90 1.7 18.7 225 19 297.3 299.8 293.7 337.4 13.87 3 900 966 17.3 16.4 94 0.9 16.7 220 28 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.7 13.15 4 850 1454 15.4 14.4 93 1.1 14.7 225 32 302.3 304.6 293.9 338.4 12.19 5 800 1966 12.7 12.1 96 0.6 12.4 226 35 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.2 11.18 6 750 2506 10.0 9.5 97 0.5 9.7 227 37 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.7 10.02 7 700 3077 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 227 39 310.3 311.9 293.5 336.8 8.65 8 650 3682 3.5 2.9 96 0.6 3.2 226 41 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.6 7.27 9 600 4327 -0.3 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 224 43 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.10 10 550 5019 -3.5 -4.0 96 0.5 -3.7 225 45 320.0 321.0 293.5 336.7 5.17 11 500 5765 -7.3 -7.8 97 0.4 -7.5 227 49 324.1 324.9 293.9 338.2 4.26 12 450 6577 -12.0 -12.4 97 0.4 -12.2 232 51 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.2 3.27 13 400 7467 -17.3 -17.4 99 0.1 -17.4 238 51 332.5 333.0 294.6 341.0 2.43 14 350 8453 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 243 50 336.3 336.6 294.8 341.9 1.56 15 300 9557 -32.8 -32.8 100 -0.0 -32.9 248 51 339.1 339.2 294.8 342.1 0.80 16 250 10812 -43.5 -43.5 100 0.0 -43.5 253 52 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.32 17 200 12270 -56.2 -56.7 94 0.5 -56.2 248 62 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.09 18 150 14060 -61.7 -77.8 10 16.2 -61.8 258 75 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16521 -69.5 -83.1 12 13.6 -69.6 246 35 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.09 m Freezing level: 603.51 mb = 4282.11 m = 14048.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.18 mb = 4244.76 m = 13926.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.96 mb = 302.52 m = 992.52 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1006.75 m = 3302.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.07 mb = 729.58 m = 2393.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.07 mb = 3312.97 m = 10869.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.07 mb = 5307.61 m = 17413.21 ft B at Equ Level: 42.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 420.07 mb = 7096.91 m = 23283.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 69.71 m/s