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: 34.45,-88.55 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -88.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 995 114 23.6 18.3 72 5.3 20.0 188 12 297.2 299.7 293.3 336.0 13.41 2 950 516 22.2 16.5 70 5.7 18.4 191 31 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.4 12.55 3 900 985 20.3 14.0 67 6.3 16.1 201 43 302.4 304.5 293.2 335.7 11.22 4 850 1476 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.7 206 40 303.5 305.5 293.0 334.8 10.53 5 800 1990 12.5 10.3 87 2.1 11.2 213 37 304.5 306.3 292.8 334.1 9.91 6 750 2529 9.3 8.3 93 1.0 8.7 225 36 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.5 9.19 7 700 3099 5.9 5.1 95 0.8 5.4 234 38 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.2 7.90 8 650 3703 2.9 -1.1 75 4.0 0.8 234 39 312.2 313.2 291.5 329.3 5.44 9 600 4347 -1.4 -6.3 69 4.9 -3.7 231 42 314.5 315.2 290.9 327.2 3.98 10 550 5034 -5.6 -8.7 79 3.1 -7.0 226 50 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.1 3.60 11 500 5777 -8.9 -11.8 79 2.9 -10.1 226 51 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.4 3.09 12 450 6587 -13.3 -14.7 89 1.5 -13.8 229 52 326.6 327.1 293.3 335.8 2.71 13 400 7474 -19.2 -19.5 97 0.3 -19.3 236 51 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.2 2.04 14 350 8455 -25.5 -26.5 92 0.9 -25.7 242 59 334.4 334.6 294.0 338.9 1.26 15 300 9554 -34.3 -34.4 99 0.1 -34.3 247 64 337.1 337.2 294.3 339.7 0.69 16 250 10802 -44.2 -44.8 94 0.6 -44.2 247 70 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.28 17 200 12263 -54.6 -56.8 76 2.2 -54.6 245 64 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14070 -61.3 -77.8 9 16.5 -61.4 254 63 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16519 -69.3 -83.2 12 13.9 -69.4 253 36 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.49 m Freezing level: 616.57 mb = 4133.51 m = 13561.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.69 mb = 3819.20 m = 12530.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.81 mb = 795.90 m = 2611.18 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1809.54 m = 5936.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.51 mb = 1310.70 m = 4300.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.51 mb = 2623.08 m = 8605.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.51 mb = 6392.97 m = 20974.06 ft B at Equ Level: 130.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.51 mb = 9285.36 m = 30463.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 75.29 m/s