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: 34.25,-87.68 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 982 200 21.2 18.9 87 2.3 19.6 188 8 295.9 298.5 293.5 336.7 14.15 2 950 487 23.0 17.2 70 5.8 19.0 202 27 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.9 13.09 3 900 957 20.1 15.0 73 5.1 16.7 216 33 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.6 11.99 4 850 1447 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.1 222 34 302.8 304.9 293.3 336.0 11.20 5 800 1960 12.4 10.6 89 1.8 11.3 228 35 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.6 10.11 6 750 2500 9.8 4.9 72 4.9 6.9 235 35 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.2 7.25 7 700 3070 6.4 -1.7 56 8.1 2.2 241 36 309.6 310.5 290.1 324.5 4.81 8 650 3673 2.2 -5.9 55 8.1 -1.5 245 39 311.4 312.2 289.8 323.4 3.79 9 600 4314 -2.3 -9.2 59 6.9 -5.2 245 42 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.6 3.17 10 550 5000 -6.5 -13.3 59 6.8 -9.1 242 45 316.3 316.8 290.1 324.5 2.49 11 500 5738 -11.4 -16.4 66 5.1 -13.1 242 45 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.2 2.12 12 450 6538 -16.6 -19.9 75 3.4 -17.6 242 46 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.4 1.74 13 400 7413 -22.6 -24.8 82 2.2 -23.1 241 48 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.2 1.28 14 350 8379 -29.5 -31.6 82 2.1 -29.9 245 50 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.8 0.78 15 300 9460 -37.5 -39.7 80 2.2 -37.8 247 53 332.5 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.40 16 250 10695 -45.9 -49.2 69 3.3 -46.1 241 66 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.17 17 200 12142 -56.3 -63.2 42 6.8 -56.5 241 84 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 13939 -62.6 -77.1 12 14.5 -62.7 241 90 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16406 -68.4 -83.0 10 14.6 -68.5 247 63 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.10 m Freezing level: 625.68 mb = 3985.22 m = 13074.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.28 mb = 3423.28 m = 11231.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.18 mb = 494.14 m = 1621.17 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1620.22 m = 5315.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 831.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.74 mb = 1280.03 m = 4199.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.74 mb = 2480.52 m = 8138.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.74 mb = 10647.86 m = 34933.49 ft B at Equ Level: 826.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.74 mb = 13866.69 m = 45493.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 277.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 11.86 Bulk Shear: 70.09 m/s