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: 34.31,-87.68 Latitude: 34.31 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 47 SFC 982 204 20.2 18.9 92 1.3 19.3 206 9 294.9 297.4 293.2 335.3 14.11 2 950 490 19.8 17.9 89 1.8 18.5 205 25 297.2 299.7 293.6 337.0 13.75 3 900 957 18.7 15.0 79 3.7 16.3 225 41 300.8 303.0 293.3 336.1 12.01 4 850 1445 14.9 13.0 88 2.0 13.7 227 42 301.8 303.8 293.0 334.6 11.12 5 800 1957 11.9 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 228 43 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.2 9.86 6 750 2495 8.8 6.2 84 2.6 7.3 230 42 306.1 307.6 291.7 330.1 7.94 7 700 3063 5.1 1.1 75 4.0 2.9 228 42 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.4 5.92 8 650 3664 1.2 -3.3 72 4.5 -1.0 225 44 310.3 311.2 290.2 324.7 4.60 9 600 4304 -2.8 -7.9 68 5.1 -5.0 226 45 312.9 313.5 290.0 324.1 3.53 10 550 4988 -7.0 -11.2 72 4.2 -8.6 228 48 315.8 316.4 290.4 325.5 2.96 11 500 5726 -10.8 -13.8 79 2.9 -11.9 232 51 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.6 2.64 12 450 6529 -15.5 -17.2 87 1.7 -16.0 238 54 323.8 324.2 292.1 331.3 2.21 13 400 7407 -21.0 -21.7 94 0.7 -21.2 242 50 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.5 1.68 14 350 8381 -27.4 -27.6 98 0.2 -27.4 249 47 331.8 332.1 293.3 335.9 1.13 15 300 9471 -35.9 -36.2 97 0.3 -35.9 255 50 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.58 16 250 10710 -46.4 -48.2 82 1.8 -46.5 258 56 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.19 17 200 12149 -59.0 -59.9 89 0.9 -59.0 257 60 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.06 18 150 13931 -62.4 -76.9 13 14.5 -62.5 243 94 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16388 -67.3 -83.1 9 15.8 -67.4 239 65 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.07 m Freezing level: 635.31 mb = 3852.41 m = 12638.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.99 mb = 3504.02 m = 11495.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.52 mb = 368.27 m = 1208.22 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1373.10 m = 4504.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 451.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.48 mb = 980.91 m = 3218.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.48 mb = 2035.86 m = 6679.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.48 mb = 8960.07 m = 29396.19 ft B at Equ Level: 450.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.48 mb = 13065.84 m = 42866.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 235.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 6.27 Bulk Shear: 71.99 m/s