MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-86.03 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -86.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 984 225 19.8 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 194 11 294.3 296.7 292.3 332.2 13.24 2 950 531 18.0 17.1 94 0.9 17.4 197 26 295.4 297.8 292.4 332.8 12.99 3 900 993 16.2 16.0 98 0.3 16.1 212 42 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.4 12.78 4 850 1479 13.9 13.4 96 0.6 13.6 217 43 300.8 302.8 292.9 334.3 11.41 5 800 1989 10.9 9.5 91 1.3 10.1 222 43 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.7 9.39 6 750 2526 8.2 6.3 88 1.8 7.1 228 43 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.7 8.04 7 700 3095 6.4 5.1 91 1.3 5.6 231 43 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.89 8 650 3701 3.3 2.3 93 1.0 2.7 232 44 312.7 314.0 292.9 334.4 6.97 9 600 4346 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.5 236 45 315.7 316.9 293.0 335.0 6.10 10 550 5039 -3.9 -4.5 96 0.6 -4.1 235 46 319.5 320.5 293.2 335.7 5.00 11 500 5786 -8.3 -9.1 95 0.7 -8.7 233 49 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.6 3.86 12 450 6596 -13.7 -15.5 86 1.8 -14.3 236 52 326.1 326.6 293.0 334.7 2.55 13 400 7482 -19.0 -24.0 64 5.1 -20.3 231 52 330.3 330.6 293.1 335.2 1.37 14 350 8460 -26.9 -28.3 88 1.4 -27.2 240 57 332.5 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.06 15 300 9554 -34.8 -34.9 99 0.1 -34.8 244 57 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.8 0.66 16 250 10801 -44.3 -44.4 99 0.1 -44.3 250 48 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.3 0.30 17 200 12266 -52.8 -60.0 41 7.2 -53.0 261 70 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.06 18 150 14070 -63.4 -76.1 16 12.7 -63.5 254 57 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16519 -71.0 -83.1 15 12.2 -71.1 251 30 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.22 m Freezing level: 604.78 mb = 4284.53 m = 14056.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.88 mb = 4241.08 m = 13914.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.36 mb = 464.17 m = 1522.84 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.67 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1026.49 m = 3367.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.91 C = 75.03 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.08 mb = 785.79 m = 2578.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.08 mb = 1914.99 m = 6282.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.08 mb = 2781.56 m = 9125.75 ft B at Equ Level: 22.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 647.08 mb = 3736.81 m = 12259.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 84.52 m/s