MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.13,-88.22 Latitude: 34.13 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 994 139 27.3 16.5 52 10.8 19.9 178 8 300.9 303.1 293.3 336.0 11.93 2 950 541 23.6 14.8 58 8.8 17.8 182 20 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.2 11.21 3 900 1010 19.5 13.4 68 6.1 15.5 187 24 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.6 10.81 4 850 1500 15.5 11.9 79 3.6 13.2 192 24 302.4 304.3 292.5 333.0 10.35 5 800 2011 11.1 10.5 96 0.6 10.7 194 24 303.0 304.8 292.4 332.8 10.02 6 750 2548 8.5 4.7 77 3.9 6.3 205 25 305.8 307.2 291.0 327.5 7.15 7 700 3118 7.2 -3.5 46 10.7 1.9 207 28 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.6 4.20 8 650 3724 4.3 -14.4 24 18.6 -3.0 216 29 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.2 1.93 9 600 4370 0.2 -14.7 32 14.9 -5.4 229 31 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.2 2.04 10 550 5063 -3.6 -19.8 27 16.2 -8.9 235 34 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.8 1.45 11 500 5809 -8.3 -25.3 24 16.9 -13.0 234 30 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.3 0.98 12 450 6617 -13.6 -31.2 21 17.6 -17.6 243 36 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.63 13 400 7505 -18.5 -48.5 5 30.0 -22.4 253 39 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.12 14 350 8485 -26.7 -45.7 15 19.0 -28.8 248 43 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.18 15 300 9577 -35.6 -50.3 21 14.7 -36.7 258 51 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.13 16 250 10817 -45.7 -59.1 20 13.5 -46.2 256 52 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12277 -51.8 -68.1 12 16.3 -52.1 262 67 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14091 -63.8 -77.2 15 13.4 -63.9 253 61 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16503 -72.3 -82.6 20 10.3 -72.3 256 37 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.13 m Freezing level: 597.00 mb = 4411.94 m = 14474.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.52 mb = 3349.12 m = 10987.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.14 mb = 1508.18 m = 4948.05 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1847.87 m = 6062.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 25.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.88 mb = 1661.20 m = 5450.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.88 mb = 2022.71 m = 6636.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.88 mb = 2671.54 m = 8764.78 ft B at Equ Level: 4.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 718.88 mb = 2898.37 m = 9508.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 36.17 m/s