MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 32.83,-87.37 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -87.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 997 91 22.0 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 199 11 295.5 298.2 294.1 339.1 15.20 2 950 507 19.5 19.0 97 0.5 19.2 205 29 297.0 299.7 294.2 339.6 14.72 3 900 973 17.7 16.8 95 0.9 17.1 222 39 299.8 302.2 294.1 339.3 13.51 4 850 1461 15.3 13.5 89 1.7 14.1 232 43 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.3 11.54 5 800 1974 12.5 9.6 82 2.9 10.7 234 42 304.5 306.3 292.4 332.7 9.43 6 750 2513 9.6 3.5 66 6.1 6.2 235 39 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.1 6.59 7 700 3083 6.1 -0.8 61 6.9 2.5 235 38 309.2 310.2 290.3 325.3 5.17 8 650 3685 1.9 -3.9 65 5.8 -0.9 235 40 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.9 4.40 9 600 4326 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -5.4 234 41 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.2 3.26 10 550 5010 -6.7 -17.7 41 10.9 -10.4 230 45 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.9 1.74 11 500 5748 -10.8 -23.1 36 12.3 -14.3 230 53 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.0 1.19 12 450 6551 -14.9 -22.7 52 7.8 -17.1 238 57 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.38 13 400 7433 -19.7 -23.5 72 3.8 -20.7 248 60 329.3 329.6 292.9 334.4 1.43 14 350 8411 -26.5 -27.5 91 1.0 -26.7 255 60 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.2 1.15 15 300 9506 -35.0 -35.3 97 0.3 -35.0 262 56 336.0 336.2 293.9 338.4 0.63 16 250 10749 -45.4 -46.5 89 1.0 -45.5 254 58 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.24 17 200 12198 -56.4 -58.3 79 1.9 -56.5 240 84 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 13978 -65.6 -73.7 31 8.1 -65.7 235 105 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16421 -67.7 -83.3 9 15.5 -67.8 240 67 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.29 m Freezing level: 630.31 mb = 3937.57 m = 12918.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.27 mb = 3521.01 m = 11551.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.88 mb = 309.37 m = 1014.97 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 879.73 m = 2886.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 32.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.37 mb = 659.24 m = 2162.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.37 mb = 1781.62 m = 5845.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.37 mb = 10791.95 m = 35406.22 ft B at Equ Level: 651.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.37 mb = 14043.55 m = 46074.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.4 neg: -10.0 tot: 264.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 8.88 Bulk Shear: 73.57 m/s