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: 34.00,-88.20 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 993 131 21.5 18.6 84 2.9 19.5 194 12 295.3 297.7 292.9 334.6 13.71 2 950 512 19.5 17.2 86 2.3 17.9 194 31 297.0 299.3 293.0 334.8 13.09 3 900 976 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 200 41 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.9 12.70 4 850 1462 14.6 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 213 50 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.5 11.93 5 800 1974 11.9 11.6 98 0.2 11.7 215 47 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.80 6 750 2513 9.3 9.2 100 0.1 9.3 219 48 306.7 308.5 293.4 336.3 9.82 7 700 3083 6.3 5.9 97 0.4 6.1 229 52 309.5 311.0 293.0 335.0 8.35 8 650 3688 2.6 1.8 94 0.8 2.2 235 52 312.0 313.2 292.5 332.9 6.73 9 600 4332 -0.6 -1.6 93 1.0 -1.1 237 54 315.4 316.5 292.6 333.4 5.69 10 550 5023 -4.6 -5.6 93 1.0 -5.1 238 57 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.4 4.58 11 500 5767 -9.4 -10.2 94 0.8 -9.7 235 58 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.3 3.53 12 450 6574 -14.6 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.2 234 61 324.9 325.4 292.5 333.0 2.39 13 400 7458 -19.4 -20.3 93 0.8 -19.7 238 61 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.4 1.91 14 350 8438 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.7 245 54 334.1 334.3 294.0 338.9 1.34 15 300 9538 -33.3 -33.5 98 0.2 -33.4 246 51 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.2 0.75 16 250 10792 -43.2 -43.5 97 0.3 -43.3 255 49 341.8 341.9 295.1 343.1 0.32 17 200 12254 -55.1 -55.4 97 0.2 -55.1 252 58 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 18 150 14056 -64.1 -76.5 17 12.3 -64.2 260 74 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16512 -70.0 -83.1 13 13.1 -70.1 243 33 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.66 m Freezing level: 609.36 mb = 4211.41 m = 13816.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4111.48 m = 13488.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.43 mb = 499.30 m = 1638.11 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.43 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.18 mb = 927.00 m = 3041.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.01 mb = 806.20 m = 2644.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.01 mb = 3403.78 m = 11167.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.01 mb = 6862.65 m = 22514.99 ft B at Equ Level: 39.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.01 mb = 7970.73 m = 26150.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 477.9 neg: -8.2 tot: 469.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 130.82 m/s