MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.10,-88.00 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 78 22.7 19.3 81 3.3 20.4 185 12 295.8 298.4 293.5 336.7 14.25 1 1000 82 22.8 19.3 81 3.4 20.4 186 12 295.9 298.5 293.6 337.0 14.26 2 950 527 19.1 18.3 95 0.8 18.5 190 31 296.5 299.1 293.6 337.1 14.07 3 900 992 17.4 14.4 82 3.0 15.4 206 44 299.5 301.6 292.6 333.2 11.54 4 850 1480 15.7 10.3 70 5.4 12.3 212 40 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.2 9.29 5 800 1993 13.3 10.0 80 3.3 11.3 221 35 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.5 9.69 6 750 2535 10.6 7.6 82 3.0 8.8 229 39 308.0 309.7 293.0 334.6 8.74 7 700 3108 7.8 5.8 87 2.1 6.6 237 43 311.2 312.7 293.5 336.7 8.28 8 650 3716 3.9 1.7 86 2.2 2.7 240 44 313.4 314.7 292.9 334.3 6.70 9 600 4362 -0.4 -2.8 83 2.5 -1.6 238 44 315.7 316.7 292.3 332.2 5.18 10 550 5053 -4.6 -9.8 67 5.2 -6.8 238 47 318.6 319.2 291.6 329.4 3.31 11 500 5798 -8.2 -13.4 66 5.2 -10.2 234 47 323.1 323.6 292.3 332.2 2.73 12 450 6609 -13.4 -16.9 75 3.5 -14.6 238 51 326.3 326.8 292.8 334.1 2.25 13 400 7495 -19.7 -22.2 80 2.5 -20.4 241 58 329.4 329.8 293.1 335.1 1.62 14 350 8473 -26.5 -26.5 100 0.0 -26.5 243 61 333.0 333.2 293.7 337.5 1.25 15 300 9569 -33.7 -37.6 68 3.9 -34.2 243 61 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.8 0.50 16 250 10820 -43.4 -43.4 100 -0.0 -43.5 258 54 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.8 0.33 17 200 12287 -53.3 -58.9 50 5.6 -53.4 259 66 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.7 0.07 18 150 14086 -64.8 -75.2 23 10.4 -64.9 264 66 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16521 -71.5 -83.0 17 11.4 -71.6 243 36 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.25 m Freezing level: 604.13 mb = 4308.86 m = 14136.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.69 mb = 4114.47 m = 13498.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.71 mb = 502.72 m = 1649.34 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 6.88 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1378.17 m = 4521.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 2.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.73 mb = 777.52 m = 2550.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.73 mb = 4258.83 m = 13972.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.73 mb = 5678.47 m = 18629.94 ft B at Equ Level: 32.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 337.73 mb = 8726.52 m = 28629.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.8 neg: -2.9 tot: 372.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 100.15 m/s