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: 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 88 SFC 988 195 16.9 15.6 92 1.3 16.1 300 12 291.1 293.2 289.8 323.3 11.37 2 950 524 14.3 13.1 92 1.2 13.6 299 30 291.7 293.5 288.8 320.1 10.00 3 900 980 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.7 294 42 295.0 296.6 289.1 321.1 9.06 4 850 1460 10.9 8.7 87 2.1 9.6 289 43 297.5 299.0 289.3 321.9 8.34 5 800 1964 8.2 6.9 91 1.3 7.5 289 38 299.9 301.4 289.7 323.1 7.84 6 750 2496 6.4 5.6 95 0.8 5.9 287 28 303.5 304.9 290.6 326.3 7.61 7 700 3060 4.4 4.1 98 0.3 4.2 256 24 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.6 7.34 8 650 3662 2.3 2.1 99 0.2 2.2 223 30 311.5 312.8 292.5 332.9 6.87 9 600 4307 -0.3 -0.5 99 0.2 -0.4 212 43 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.3 6.18 10 550 5000 -4.0 -4.4 98 0.3 -4.2 213 49 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.5 5.03 11 500 5745 -8.7 -10.3 88 1.6 -9.4 216 53 322.4 323.1 292.8 334.0 3.50 12 450 6555 -13.5 -15.0 89 1.5 -14.1 219 58 326.2 326.7 293.1 335.2 2.65 13 400 7442 -18.9 -19.2 97 0.3 -19.0 225 59 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.7 2.09 14 350 8424 -25.5 -26.1 95 0.6 -25.6 228 61 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.1 1.30 15 300 9523 -34.0 -36.1 82 2.1 -34.3 233 63 337.4 337.5 294.2 339.6 0.58 16 250 10771 -44.6 -44.7 99 0.1 -44.6 246 60 339.8 339.8 294.6 340.9 0.29 17 200 12231 -52.1 -60.2 37 8.1 -52.4 250 77 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.06 18 150 14051 -62.9 -76.8 14 13.8 -63.1 252 64 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16501 -71.0 -83.0 15 12.0 -71.1 256 38 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.30 m Freezing level: 605.59 mb = 4234.90 m = 13893.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.57 mb = 4205.94 m = 13798.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.99 % Est. max temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.65 mb = 358.93 m = 1177.59 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1341.33 m = 4400.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lifted Index: 7.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 6.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.43 C K Index: 28.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8631.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.08 mb = 849.42 m = 2786.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -108.8 tot: -71.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 125.56 m/s