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: 35.63,-88.24 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -88.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 995 154 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.2 144 11 293.2 295.2 290.6 326.1 11.56 2 950 548 15.9 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 153 24 293.3 295.2 289.8 323.4 10.55 3 900 1005 12.5 11.8 95 0.7 12.1 165 28 294.4 296.2 289.5 322.4 9.73 4 850 1484 10.2 6.2 76 4.0 8.0 178 31 296.8 298.1 287.9 317.4 7.02 5 800 1986 8.1 -0.1 56 8.3 4.0 182 30 299.8 300.7 286.8 314.0 4.73 6 750 2516 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 195 23 301.6 302.7 288.8 320.0 6.16 7 700 3075 0.8 -3.2 74 4.0 -1.0 206 17 303.4 304.2 287.6 316.6 4.31 8 650 3666 -3.3 -8.7 66 5.4 -5.5 214 18 305.3 305.8 287.0 314.8 3.05 9 600 4294 -7.6 -12.6 67 5.1 -9.4 216 26 307.4 307.8 287.1 315.0 2.41 10 550 4966 -11.7 -17.6 61 5.9 -13.5 213 42 310.2 310.5 287.4 315.9 1.74 11 500 5690 -15.8 -20.1 69 4.3 -17.0 202 56 313.8 314.1 288.4 318.9 1.54 12 450 6478 -20.1 -26.5 57 6.4 -21.5 195 65 317.9 318.1 289.1 321.3 0.97 13 400 7341 -25.8 -34.0 46 8.2 -27.1 190 72 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.54 14 350 8294 -32.8 -42.2 39 9.4 -33.7 191 79 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.27 15 300 9361 -40.9 -51.9 30 11.0 -41.5 198 84 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.11 16 250 10585 -45.9 -60.7 17 14.8 -46.4 207 79 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 17 200 12054 -51.0 -69.9 9 18.9 -51.4 215 80 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 13897 -56.3 -79.2 4 22.9 -56.6 227 74 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16452 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.6 232 16 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.79 m Freezing level: 689.91 mb = 3194.16 m = 10479.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.32 mb = 2944.88 m = 9661.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.55 C = 74.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.41 mb = 606.76 m = 1990.64 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 923.08 m = 3028.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.64 C = 69.15 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 28.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 230.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.01 mb = 846.89 m = 2778.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.01 mb = 1174.23 m = 3852.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.01 mb = 1561.82 m = 5124.02 ft B at Equ Level: 5.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 782.01 mb = 2172.84 m = 7128.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.1 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 226.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.9 neg: -29.8 tot: 148.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 63.11 m/s