MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.23,-89.49 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 997 133 26.8 18.9 62 7.9 21.3 245 9 300.2 302.8 294.6 341.0 13.93 2 950 557 21.7 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 240 17 299.2 301.6 293.8 337.9 13.24 3 900 1024 17.6 16.2 92 1.3 16.7 238 17 299.6 302.0 293.7 337.6 13.02 4 850 1511 14.2 13.9 98 0.4 14.0 245 19 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.7 11.79 5 800 2022 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 250 22 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.7 10.31 6 750 2562 10.1 7.5 84 2.6 8.5 249 25 307.5 309.1 292.8 334.0 8.72 7 700 3133 6.0 3.0 81 3.0 4.4 242 27 309.1 310.4 291.7 330.1 6.81 8 650 3737 3.0 -7.2 47 10.2 -1.6 255 34 312.3 313.0 289.8 323.2 3.42 9 600 4381 -0.8 -9.2 53 8.3 -4.4 258 36 315.2 315.8 290.4 325.5 3.19 10 550 5070 -4.7 -13.0 52 8.4 -7.9 257 37 318.5 319.0 290.9 326.9 2.55 11 500 5814 -8.8 -23.8 29 15.0 -13.1 252 39 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.2 1.12 12 450 6622 -14.2 -29.7 26 15.5 -17.7 251 44 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.0 0.72 13 400 7503 -21.4 -32.2 37 10.8 -23.4 253 47 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 14 350 8471 -29.7 -34.9 61 5.2 -30.5 254 52 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.8 0.56 15 300 9549 -38.5 -43.3 61 4.8 -38.9 256 58 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.28 16 250 10779 -46.6 -55.9 34 9.3 -47.0 261 62 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12235 -53.4 -69.2 13 15.8 -53.7 263 61 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14048 -61.9 -76.6 12 14.6 -62.1 257 53 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16497 -69.4 -83.1 12 13.7 -69.5 244 34 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.42 m Freezing level: 610.91 mb = 4240.09 m = 13910.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.56 mb = 3568.54 m = 11707.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.91 mb = 1129.83 m = 3706.76 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 17.81 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.66 mb = 1209.17 m = 3967.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.48 mb = 1133.91 m = 3720.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.48 mb = 1377.01 m = 4517.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 753.48 mb = 2523.63 m = 8279.52 ft B at Equ Level: 16.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.48 mb = 13505.45 m = 44308.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 23.15 Bulk Shear: 30.06 m/s