MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.56,-88.69 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -88.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 84 19.2 11.4 60 7.9 14.5 90 3 292.1 293.6 287.5 316.2 8.45 1 1000 115 20.8 11.0 54 9.7 14.8 108 4 293.9 295.4 288.0 317.7 8.29 2 950 560 20.8 9.4 48 11.4 13.9 157 11 298.3 299.7 289.1 321.1 7.79 3 900 1024 16.5 9.9 65 6.6 12.4 171 14 298.5 300.1 289.8 323.4 8.51 4 850 1508 12.6 11.6 94 1.0 12.0 197 15 299.3 301.2 291.5 329.0 10.14 5 800 2016 10.1 8.0 87 2.1 8.9 232 15 302.0 303.5 290.9 327.0 8.44 6 750 2551 7.2 1.6 68 5.5 4.2 247 16 304.3 305.4 289.3 321.8 5.74 7 700 3115 4.0 -2.9 60 7.0 0.7 239 22 306.9 307.8 288.9 320.6 4.40 8 650 3714 0.4 -6.8 58 7.3 -2.8 230 30 309.5 310.1 288.9 320.6 3.52 9 600 4352 -2.9 -8.8 64 5.9 -5.4 226 40 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.3 3.28 10 550 5037 -6.5 -9.1 82 2.6 -7.6 227 48 316.4 317.1 291.0 327.7 3.50 11 500 5777 -10.5 -11.3 94 0.7 -10.8 231 55 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.8 3.23 12 450 6581 -15.4 -16.2 94 0.7 -15.7 234 56 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.0 2.41 13 400 7462 -20.7 -21.3 95 0.5 -20.9 242 57 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.2 1.75 14 350 8435 -27.8 -27.9 99 0.1 -27.8 247 56 331.2 331.5 293.1 335.2 1.10 15 300 9523 -36.5 -36.5 99 0.1 -36.5 254 55 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10758 -46.9 -47.0 99 0.1 -46.9 248 60 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12197 -58.6 -59.1 94 0.5 -58.6 245 82 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.07 18 150 13974 -62.6 -76.6 13 14.1 -62.7 249 89 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16445 -67.6 -83.6 9 16.0 -67.7 255 42 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.73 m Freezing level: 643.37 mb = 3798.37 m = 12461.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.39 mb = 3226.71 m = 10586.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.95 mb = 1090.83 m = 3578.79 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.46 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.81 mb = 2740.21 m = 8990.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.39 C = 90.30 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8008.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.70 mb = 1781.53 m = 5844.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 119.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 104.45 m/s