MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.29,-88.60 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 994 150 22.0 14.3 62 7.7 17.1 154 13 295.7 297.5 290.5 325.6 10.38 2 950 543 17.4 11.9 70 5.5 14.0 159 23 294.9 296.5 289.2 321.4 9.23 3 900 1002 13.3 10.3 82 3.1 11.5 163 25 295.3 296.8 288.9 320.5 8.76 4 850 1481 10.3 5.4 72 4.9 7.6 169 29 296.9 298.1 287.5 316.3 6.63 5 800 1983 7.9 0.5 59 7.5 4.2 175 29 299.6 300.5 286.9 314.4 4.94 6 750 2513 4.7 2.0 83 2.7 3.3 195 23 301.7 302.8 288.5 319.4 5.92 7 700 3073 1.3 -5.7 59 7.0 -1.8 209 21 303.9 304.6 287.1 314.9 3.56 8 650 3664 -3.3 -10.7 57 7.4 -6.1 215 23 305.3 305.8 286.5 313.5 2.61 9 600 4292 -7.9 -14.1 61 6.2 -10.0 214 26 307.0 307.4 286.6 313.8 2.14 10 550 4962 -12.1 -18.6 58 6.5 -14.0 211 38 309.7 310.0 287.1 315.0 1.60 11 500 5685 -16.5 -20.0 74 3.5 -17.4 201 51 313.0 313.3 288.1 318.1 1.56 12 450 6470 -21.2 -26.2 64 5.1 -22.2 195 61 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.0 1.00 13 400 7330 -26.7 -34.3 48 7.6 -27.8 192 71 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 14 350 8281 -33.0 -45.7 27 12.8 -34.1 196 82 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.18 15 300 9347 -40.7 -52.3 27 11.7 -41.3 203 83 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.10 16 250 10575 -44.5 -62.6 12 18.1 -45.1 210 80 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12054 -49.7 -71.2 6 21.6 -50.1 218 77 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13906 -56.1 -79.2 4 23.1 -56.5 224 71 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.01 19 100 16453 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 235 22 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.69 m Freezing level: 685.69 mb = 3242.01 m = 10636.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.62 mb = 2870.98 m = 9419.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.10 % Est. max temperature: 23.60 C = 74.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.88 mb = 1115.76 m = 3660.58 ft T: 12.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1471.14 m = 4826.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.29 C = 73.92 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 25.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.96 mb = 1257.59 m = 4125.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.96 mb = 3095.95 m = 10157.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.96 mb = 6668.22 m = 21877.10 ft B at Equ Level: 157.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.96 mb = 8730.85 m = 28644.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.2 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 225.2 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.0 neg: -7.9 tot: 118.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 47.62 m/s