MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 33.77,-84.69 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -84.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 975 297 21.1 17.8 81 3.3 18.9 198 9 296.4 298.8 293.0 334.6 13.26 2 950 524 20.7 17.1 80 3.6 18.3 203 22 298.2 300.6 293.3 336.1 13.03 3 900 991 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.2 219 34 300.2 302.4 293.3 335.9 12.19 4 850 1479 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 229 32 302.1 304.1 292.7 333.9 10.77 5 800 1991 12.0 8.7 80 3.3 10.0 235 30 303.9 305.6 291.8 330.5 8.87 6 750 2529 9.1 3.2 67 5.8 5.8 236 30 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.1 6.45 7 700 3098 6.5 -9.4 31 15.9 -0.3 243 29 309.7 310.2 288.2 318.2 2.68 8 650 3701 2.8 -14.1 28 16.9 -3.7 247 33 312.2 312.5 288.3 318.6 1.98 9 600 4344 -1.0 -14.1 36 13.0 -6.0 243 38 314.9 315.3 289.3 322.0 2.14 10 550 5032 -5.8 -14.7 50 8.8 -9.1 238 41 317.2 317.6 290.1 324.5 2.23 11 500 5771 -11.0 -17.0 61 6.0 -13.0 240 42 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.3 2.01 12 450 6573 -15.9 -28.2 34 12.4 -18.7 241 46 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.3 0.83 13 400 7450 -22.4 -28.9 55 6.5 -23.7 244 48 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.1 0.88 14 350 8415 -29.7 -32.2 78 2.5 -30.1 244 63 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.73 15 300 9499 -36.6 -44.0 46 7.4 -37.2 244 83 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.26 16 250 10737 -45.6 -53.7 39 8.2 -46.0 245 90 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.10 17 200 12194 -54.9 -64.4 30 9.5 -55.1 245 105 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13991 -63.1 -76.6 14 13.5 -63.2 246 94 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16442 -69.4 -83.1 12 13.7 -69.5 247 57 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.35 m Freezing level: 613.47 mb = 4171.06 m = 13684.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.70 mb = 3066.28 m = 10059.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.14 mb = 715.67 m = 2347.98 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1570.54 m = 5152.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 22.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 398.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.54 mb = 1167.64 m = 3830.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.54 mb = 3375.52 m = 11074.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.54 mb = 9578.04 m = 31423.62 ft B at Equ Level: 396.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.54 mb = 12302.86 m = 40363.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 204.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 8.09 Bulk Shear: 49.20 m/s