MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-86.73 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 992 179 21.8 19.3 85 2.6 20.1 232 6 295.7 298.3 293.6 336.9 14.34 2 950 550 18.2 16.8 92 1.4 17.3 232 14 295.6 297.9 292.4 332.4 12.78 3 900 1013 15.5 14.8 95 0.7 15.1 235 19 297.5 299.6 292.2 331.8 11.83 4 850 1497 13.2 12.0 92 1.2 12.4 239 24 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.6 10.44 5 800 2005 10.0 9.0 93 1.0 9.4 238 27 301.8 303.5 291.3 328.6 9.02 6 750 2540 6.9 2.3 72 4.6 4.5 235 29 304.1 305.2 289.5 322.4 6.04 7 700 3103 3.1 -4.8 56 7.9 -0.5 233 31 305.9 306.6 288.0 317.7 3.82 8 650 3700 -0.2 -8.8 52 8.6 -3.8 234 33 308.8 309.4 288.2 318.4 3.03 9 600 4337 -3.4 -14.2 43 10.9 -7.3 240 36 312.2 312.6 288.5 319.1 2.12 10 550 5019 -7.8 -20.2 36 12.4 -11.6 250 38 314.8 315.1 288.6 319.5 1.40 11 500 5752 -13.0 -25.6 34 12.6 -16.2 257 38 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.5 0.95 12 450 6546 -19.0 -28.9 41 9.9 -21.1 261 37 319.3 319.5 289.4 322.1 0.78 13 400 7411 -25.2 -35.6 37 10.4 -26.8 252 41 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.46 14 350 8369 -30.7 -46.0 21 15.3 -32.1 240 63 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 15 300 9448 -38.0 -49.2 30 11.2 -38.8 235 77 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.14 16 250 10679 -46.6 -64.8 11 18.1 -47.1 234 93 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12127 -55.4 -69.7 15 14.3 -55.6 241 97 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13932 -60.7 -76.8 10 16.1 -60.9 245 79 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16436 -65.1 -83.9 6 18.8 -65.3 235 43 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.43 m Freezing level: 652.34 mb = 3671.62 m = 12045.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.36 mb = 3040.82 m = 9976.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.53 mb = 500.33 m = 1641.49 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 902.01 m = 2959.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.77 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 691.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.14 mb = 804.91 m = 2640.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.14 mb = 1525.19 m = 5003.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.14 mb = 9512.36 m = 31208.15 ft B at Equ Level: 686.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.14 mb = 12888.61 m = 42284.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 14.41 Bulk Shear: 47.96 m/s