MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 33.84,-87.76 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -87.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 987 161 21.0 19.4 90 1.7 19.9 191 10 295.3 297.9 293.5 336.8 14.47 2 950 492 20.1 18.3 90 1.8 18.9 193 29 297.6 300.2 293.9 338.4 14.10 3 900 960 19.3 15.6 79 3.7 16.8 219 43 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.1 12.47 4 850 1449 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.2 225 43 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.5 11.48 5 800 1962 12.2 10.7 91 1.5 11.3 229 42 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.6 10.18 6 750 2501 9.5 5.3 75 4.2 7.1 233 41 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.7 7.48 7 700 3071 6.1 -0.7 62 6.8 2.5 232 42 309.2 310.2 290.3 325.3 5.19 8 650 3674 1.9 -5.4 58 7.3 -1.5 231 43 311.1 311.9 289.8 323.5 3.94 9 600 4314 -2.5 -11.3 50 8.9 -6.0 231 45 313.3 313.8 289.3 321.9 2.68 10 550 4999 -6.7 -16.4 46 9.7 -10.1 229 48 316.1 316.5 289.5 322.5 1.92 11 500 5738 -10.3 -18.4 52 8.0 -12.9 233 53 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.5 1.80 12 450 6541 -15.6 -20.8 65 5.2 -17.1 237 56 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.2 1.62 13 400 7419 -21.2 -24.6 74 3.4 -22.1 240 53 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.0 1.30 14 350 8392 -27.6 -28.1 96 0.5 -27.7 255 52 331.5 331.8 293.2 335.5 1.09 15 300 9482 -35.8 -36.2 96 0.4 -35.8 265 51 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.58 16 250 10721 -46.3 -47.1 91 0.8 -46.4 261 52 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.22 17 200 12161 -58.4 -59.6 85 1.2 -58.4 247 61 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 18 150 13948 -62.7 -76.8 13 14.1 -62.8 240 95 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16405 -68.6 -83.0 11 14.4 -68.7 241 63 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.93 m Freezing level: 628.27 mb = 3952.02 m = 12965.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.60 mb = 3444.28 m = 11300.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.37 mb = 371.39 m = 1218.45 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.18 mb = 1397.42 m = 4584.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.66 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 32.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 610.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.65 mb = 934.20 m = 3064.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.65 mb = 1986.74 m = 6518.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.65 mb = 10781.55 m = 35372.11 ft B at Equ Level: 609.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.65 mb = 13638.90 m = 44746.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 346.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 6.35 Bulk Shear: 96.25 m/s