MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 103 SFC 986 225 15.8 15.0 96 0.7 15.3 234 3 290.1 292.0 289.0 320.9 10.97 2 950 539 14.4 13.4 94 0.9 13.8 260 15 291.8 293.6 289.0 320.8 10.24 3 900 997 15.1 9.6 70 5.5 11.8 270 38 297.1 298.6 289.2 321.4 8.35 4 850 1481 13.6 6.4 62 7.2 9.5 266 49 300.4 301.7 289.2 321.5 7.13 5 800 1989 10.3 3.1 61 7.2 6.4 265 50 302.2 303.3 288.8 320.2 6.00 6 750 2523 6.9 1.6 69 5.3 4.1 264 53 304.1 305.1 289.2 321.5 5.75 7 700 3087 3.3 0.8 84 2.5 2.0 261 57 306.1 307.2 289.9 323.8 5.80 8 650 3686 0.3 -0.5 94 0.8 -0.2 259 58 309.3 310.3 290.8 326.8 5.67 9 600 4326 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.9 254 48 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.1 5.03 10 550 5012 -5.9 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 241 39 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.8 4.28 11 500 5755 -8.3 -8.7 97 0.4 -8.5 228 46 322.9 323.6 293.3 335.9 3.96 12 450 6567 -12.6 -13.5 93 0.9 -12.9 224 62 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.6 3.00 13 400 7458 -17.9 -18.6 94 0.7 -18.1 227 61 331.7 332.2 294.2 339.4 2.20 14 350 8442 -25.1 -26.3 89 1.2 -25.4 226 60 334.9 335.2 294.2 339.6 1.28 15 300 9542 -33.9 -37.7 69 3.8 -34.4 217 61 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.5 0.50 16 250 10792 -43.8 -46.2 78 2.3 -44.0 221 56 340.9 340.9 294.8 341.9 0.24 17 200 12263 -52.7 -63.4 26 10.7 -53.0 240 71 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14073 -61.7 -76.8 12 15.1 -61.9 256 59 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16516 -70.1 -83.1 13 13.0 -70.1 260 27 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.19 m Freezing level: 645.34 mb = 3745.59 m = 12288.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.70 mb = 3640.09 m = 11942.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.75 mb = 311.85 m = 1023.10 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.35 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2094.68 m = 6872.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 7.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 7.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 14.79 C K Index: 25.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8445.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.73 mb = 1018.21 m = 3340.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 127.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 141.42 m/s