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: 34.11,-86.97 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -86.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 988 195 24.5 15.2 56 9.3 18.4 182 11 298.7 300.7 292.0 331.0 11.07 2 950 538 22.3 14.7 62 7.6 17.3 190 26 299.8 301.9 292.4 332.6 11.17 3 900 1006 19.2 13.9 71 5.3 15.7 201 37 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.3 11.17 4 850 1496 15.9 11.6 76 4.3 13.1 195 35 302.8 304.7 292.5 332.9 10.14 5 800 2008 11.8 9.5 86 2.3 10.4 200 32 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.8 9.38 6 750 2546 7.9 7.4 96 0.5 7.6 207 33 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.1 8.63 7 700 3115 8.0 -5.9 37 14.0 1.5 223 37 311.4 312.1 289.5 322.5 3.51 8 650 3723 5.1 -11.5 29 16.6 -1.9 232 37 314.7 315.2 289.6 322.7 2.44 9 600 4371 1.0 -13.4 33 14.4 -4.7 232 38 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.8 2.26 10 550 5064 -4.4 -9.8 66 5.4 -6.7 231 41 318.9 319.5 291.6 329.7 3.31 11 500 5808 -8.6 -24.3 27 15.8 -13.0 236 43 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.3 1.07 12 450 6617 -13.0 -31.1 20 18.1 -17.1 238 42 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.63 13 400 7504 -19.5 -27.0 52 7.5 -21.3 238 44 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.4 1.05 14 350 8481 -27.1 -28.0 92 0.9 -27.3 235 46 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.2 1.09 15 300 9575 -34.9 -34.9 100 0.0 -34.8 247 51 336.2 336.4 294.0 338.7 0.66 16 250 10821 -44.2 -44.2 100 -0.0 -44.2 261 54 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.30 17 200 12281 -54.8 -55.1 96 0.4 -54.8 260 63 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.11 18 150 14087 -63.1 -77.7 12 14.6 -63.3 249 61 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16534 -70.1 -82.9 14 12.8 -70.2 260 32 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.64 m Freezing level: 590.61 mb = 4501.01 m = 14766.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.77 mb = 3379.51 m = 11087.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.86 mb = 1377.13 m = 4518.08 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.71 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.61 mb = 1970.03 m = 6463.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 22.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.69 mb = 1548.83 m = 5081.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.69 mb = 2438.71 m = 8000.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.69 mb = 2659.81 m = 8726.30 ft B at Equ Level: 9.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 719.69 mb = 2885.94 m = 9468.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.8 neg: -33.1 tot: 230.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 54.98 m/s