MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.57,-85.69 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -85.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 127 SFC 975 347 17.0 11.8 72 5.2 13.8 124 12 292.3 293.9 288.1 317.9 8.98 2 950 564 15.0 10.2 73 4.8 12.1 125 24 292.4 293.9 287.4 315.9 8.24 3 900 1018 11.0 9.2 89 1.8 10.0 129 32 292.9 294.3 287.5 316.2 8.16 4 850 1496 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.1 155 37 297.9 299.7 290.6 326.3 9.73 5 800 2002 9.4 7.5 88 1.9 8.3 180 30 301.1 302.6 290.3 325.2 8.14 6 750 2535 5.8 2.8 81 2.9 4.2 191 30 302.8 304.0 289.3 321.7 6.27 7 700 3097 2.3 -1.7 75 4.0 0.3 190 32 305.0 305.9 288.6 319.8 4.82 8 650 3693 -0.2 -3.5 78 3.3 -1.8 198 34 308.7 309.6 289.6 322.8 4.53 9 600 4330 -4.0 -6.4 83 2.4 -5.0 205 38 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.1 3.96 10 550 5012 -7.8 -10.5 80 2.8 -8.9 208 42 314.9 315.5 290.3 325.0 3.12 11 500 5747 -12.6 -15.1 82 2.5 -13.5 209 45 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.36 12 450 6543 -18.0 -23.1 64 5.1 -19.3 211 51 320.6 320.9 290.3 325.2 1.33 13 400 7412 -24.3 -26.3 83 2.0 -24.8 214 53 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.3 1.11 14 350 8371 -31.4 -31.7 98 0.2 -31.5 211 59 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.1 0.77 15 300 9444 -39.7 -39.7 100 -0.0 -39.7 214 68 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.41 16 250 10672 -45.6 -55.1 33 9.6 -46.0 222 81 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.09 17 200 12140 -51.9 -70.3 9 18.4 -52.2 233 98 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13980 -58.9 -78.3 6 19.4 -59.1 221 78 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -66.4 -83.4 7 17.0 -66.5 240 35 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.87 m Freezing level: 654.31 mb = 3641.41 m = 11946.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.59 mb = 3182.17 m = 10440.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.29 mb = 997.06 m = 3271.16 ft T: 11.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 6.50 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.07 mb = 2295.68 m = 7531.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 5.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 30.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9880.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.05 mb = 1205.84 m = 3956.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.5 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 220.5 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 369.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 145.40 m/s