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: 34.34,-86.05 Latitude: 34.34 Longitude: -86.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 980 285 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 14.0 107 0 289.0 290.8 287.9 317.6 10.20 2 950 547 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 149 6 290.1 291.8 287.8 317.2 9.62 3 900 1000 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.4 155 14 292.4 294.0 287.9 317.6 8.81 4 850 1475 8.3 8.2 99 0.1 8.2 154 22 294.8 296.3 288.1 318.0 8.02 5 800 1975 6.2 6.1 100 0.1 6.1 159 30 297.7 299.1 288.5 319.4 7.41 6 750 2503 4.3 4.3 100 0.0 4.3 169 38 301.3 302.5 289.3 321.9 6.95 7 700 3063 2.0 2.0 100 0.0 2.0 181 41 304.7 305.9 289.9 323.8 6.32 8 650 3658 -1.2 -1.4 99 0.2 -1.3 191 43 307.6 308.6 290.0 324.0 5.33 9 600 4293 -4.5 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.7 197 44 310.9 311.8 290.2 324.9 4.45 10 550 4973 -8.3 -8.9 96 0.6 -8.5 204 47 314.3 314.9 290.5 325.7 3.56 11 500 5706 -13.6 -14.5 93 0.9 -13.9 205 53 316.4 316.9 290.2 324.6 2.48 12 450 6499 -18.6 -20.4 86 1.8 -19.1 200 59 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.6 1.68 13 400 7368 -23.9 -25.0 91 1.0 -24.2 189 57 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.3 1.26 14 350 8329 -31.1 -32.4 88 1.3 -31.3 184 53 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.4 0.72 15 300 9403 -39.0 -45.1 53 6.1 -39.5 197 55 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.23 16 250 10638 -43.7 -63.7 9 20.0 -44.4 220 85 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.03 17 200 12118 -49.8 -72.1 6 22.4 -50.3 218 88 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13964 -56.1 -79.0 4 23.0 -56.4 230 73 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16489 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.3 235 32 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.39 m Freezing level: 668.84 mb = 3433.61 m = 11265.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.61 mb = 3419.14 m = 11217.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.04 % Est. max temperature: 21.11 C = 70.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.78 mb = 321.12 m = 1053.54 ft T: 13.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 795.51 m = 2609.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.52 C = 61.73 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 3.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9384.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.93 mb = 762.32 m = 2501.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.7 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 218.7 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 350.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 141.95 m/s