MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-89.73 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -89.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 999 112 19.3 17.8 92 1.4 18.3 167 11 292.5 294.8 291.5 329.3 12.98 2 950 546 16.2 16.1 100 0.0 16.2 172 26 293.6 295.8 291.3 328.5 12.24 3 900 1005 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 192 34 296.1 298.2 291.4 328.9 11.37 4 850 1487 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 209 35 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.1 10.39 5 800 1994 9.7 9.3 98 0.3 9.5 216 31 301.4 303.1 291.4 328.8 9.25 6 750 2528 6.5 6.0 97 0.4 6.2 215 28 303.6 305.1 290.9 327.2 7.87 7 700 3091 2.8 1.2 89 1.7 2.0 205 28 305.6 306.7 289.9 323.8 5.96 8 650 3688 -0.5 -4.9 72 4.4 -2.6 204 25 308.4 309.1 289.1 321.1 4.08 9 600 4324 -4.1 -9.3 67 5.2 -6.2 209 26 311.4 312.0 289.2 321.5 3.15 10 550 5005 -8.4 -14.8 60 6.4 -10.6 220 29 314.1 314.5 289.2 321.3 2.21 11 500 5737 -13.5 -19.8 59 6.3 -15.3 234 32 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.9 1.58 12 450 6530 -18.7 -25.6 54 6.9 -20.3 239 35 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.4 1.05 13 400 7397 -24.4 -31.8 50 7.4 -25.7 238 33 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.7 0.67 14 350 8357 -30.9 -37.0 55 6.1 -31.7 228 45 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.8 0.46 15 300 9434 -38.0 -49.4 29 11.5 -38.8 221 75 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 16 250 10668 -46.0 -66.9 8 21.0 -46.6 223 92 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.02 17 200 12127 -54.3 -61.8 39 7.5 -54.5 221 117 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 13930 -59.8 -75.0 12 15.2 -60.0 253 65 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16437 -65.7 -83.6 7 17.9 -65.8 242 37 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.09 m Freezing level: 657.68 mb = 3596.45 m = 11799.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.35 mb = 3344.32 m = 10972.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.93 mb = 288.39 m = 946.14 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 573.61 m = 1881.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.54 C = 68.96 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 241.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.60 mb = 603.07 m = 1978.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.60 mb = 648.22 m = 2126.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 908.60 mb = 924.27 m = 3032.34 ft B at Equ Level: 14.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.60 mb = 10182.31 m = 33406.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.9 neg: -22.7 tot: 208.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 5.50 Bulk Shear: 43.96 m/s