MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-89.55 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -89.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 995 103 20.6 19.9 96 0.7 20.1 231 7 294.1 296.8 293.4 336.5 14.85 2 950 507 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.3 224 19 295.9 298.4 293.3 336.1 13.99 3 900 970 16.4 16.3 100 0.1 16.4 219 29 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.5 13.10 4 850 1456 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 225 38 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.0 12.14 5 800 1967 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.2 230 45 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.20 6 750 2506 9.7 9.6 99 0.1 9.6 231 48 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.5 10.06 7 700 3077 6.9 6.6 99 0.2 6.7 231 47 310.1 311.7 293.6 337.0 8.80 8 650 3683 3.5 3.2 98 0.2 3.3 231 46 312.9 314.3 293.3 336.0 7.45 9 600 4327 -0.4 -0.7 97 0.3 -0.6 230 47 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.9 6.07 10 550 5018 -4.3 -4.9 96 0.5 -4.6 230 47 318.9 319.9 292.9 334.6 4.84 11 500 5761 -8.8 -9.4 95 0.6 -9.0 230 46 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.8 3.76 12 450 6569 -13.7 -14.2 96 0.5 -13.9 231 47 326.0 326.6 293.2 335.7 2.84 13 400 7454 -19.1 -19.1 100 0.0 -19.1 234 50 330.2 330.6 293.7 337.5 2.11 14 350 8434 -25.6 -25.6 100 0.0 -25.6 237 54 334.2 334.5 294.1 339.1 1.35 15 300 9533 -33.7 -33.7 100 -0.0 -33.7 240 54 337.9 338.0 294.5 340.7 0.74 16 250 10782 -44.2 -44.2 100 0.0 -44.2 243 52 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12240 -55.1 -56.5 85 1.3 -55.2 254 52 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.09 18 150 14049 -63.0 -77.0 13 14.0 -63.1 258 67 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16502 -69.7 -83.2 12 13.5 -69.8 255 35 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.11 m Freezing level: 604.59 mb = 4268.22 m = 14003.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.32 mb = 4229.78 m = 13877.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.82 mb = 186.91 m = 613.21 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.91 mb = 625.42 m = 2051.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.01 C = 73.41 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 37.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.91 mb = 589.00 m = 1932.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.91 mb = 3859.16 m = 12661.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.91 mb = 6807.92 m = 22335.42 ft B at Equ Level: 56.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.91 mb = 8517.76 m = 27945.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 216.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 94.98 m/s