MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 33.40,-84.52 Latitude: 33.40 Longitude: -84.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 982 271 14.7 13.5 93 1.1 14.0 103 11 289.3 291.0 287.9 317.3 9.97 2 950 554 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.2 99 26 289.9 291.5 287.5 316.1 9.30 3 900 1006 10.1 10.0 99 0.2 10.0 110 39 291.9 293.5 287.5 316.3 8.57 4 850 1483 10.9 10.8 100 0.0 10.9 138 45 297.5 299.3 290.5 325.6 9.64 5 800 1989 9.7 9.7 100 0.1 9.7 161 42 301.5 303.3 291.6 329.5 9.47 6 750 2524 6.9 6.5 97 0.4 6.6 175 41 304.0 305.6 291.3 328.4 8.11 7 700 3089 4.1 3.3 94 0.8 3.7 185 37 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.2 6.95 8 650 3688 -0.0 -1.0 93 0.9 -0.5 190 33 308.9 310.0 290.5 325.9 5.49 9 600 4325 -3.6 -5.3 88 1.7 -4.4 197 37 312.0 312.8 290.4 325.5 4.29 10 550 5008 -7.5 -12.2 69 4.6 -9.3 198 44 315.2 315.7 290.0 324.1 2.73 11 500 5743 -12.3 -17.3 66 5.1 -13.9 205 50 318.1 318.4 290.2 324.6 1.96 12 450 6540 -17.6 -21.5 71 4.0 -18.6 212 55 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.4 1.52 13 400 7412 -23.1 -26.5 74 3.4 -23.9 217 58 324.9 325.2 291.4 328.8 1.10 14 350 8376 -30.4 -31.0 94 0.6 -30.5 209 57 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.7 0.82 15 300 9455 -36.5 -54.1 15 17.5 -37.7 224 77 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 16 250 10708 -40.9 -66.6 5 25.7 -41.9 230 87 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.02 17 200 12197 -49.4 -72.0 5 22.6 -49.9 224 88 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14035 -59.4 -79.5 6 20.0 -59.6 223 79 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16512 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -66.9 226 41 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.79 m Freezing level: 650.45 mb = 3682.32 m = 12080.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.10 mb = 3612.19 m = 11850.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.25 C = 75.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.12 mb = 412.11 m = 1352.06 ft T: 13.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 5.49 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 787.86 m = 2584.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.31 C = 61.36 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.09 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.02 mb = 777.04 m = 2549.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.02 mb = 913.79 m = 2997.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 900.02 mb = 1006.21 m = 3301.16 ft B at Equ Level: 15.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 860.02 mb = 1385.22 m = 4544.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.2 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 208.2 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 692.6 neg: -1.8 tot: 690.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 226.69 m/s