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: 34.11,-87.44 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -87.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 983 199 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 223 10 294.6 297.2 293.3 336.1 14.49 2 950 494 18.6 18.2 97 0.4 18.3 225 25 296.0 298.6 293.4 336.2 13.95 3 900 958 16.5 15.9 97 0.5 16.1 236 35 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.5 12.75 4 850 1444 14.2 13.8 98 0.4 13.9 241 37 301.0 303.1 293.2 335.5 11.74 5 800 1955 11.6 11.1 97 0.5 11.3 239 40 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.5 10.41 6 750 2493 8.5 7.4 93 1.1 7.8 237 42 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.8 8.64 7 700 3061 4.7 3.2 90 1.4 3.9 232 42 307.7 309.0 291.4 328.8 6.92 8 650 3661 0.4 -0.2 96 0.6 0.0 227 41 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.3 5.79 9 600 4300 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.1 229 43 312.8 313.7 291.3 328.4 4.97 10 550 4985 -6.7 -7.4 94 0.7 -7.0 241 42 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.0 3.99 11 500 5724 -10.9 -12.2 90 1.3 -11.4 252 45 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.7 3.00 12 450 6526 -15.7 -16.7 92 1.1 -16.0 256 46 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.3 2.29 13 400 7404 -21.5 -21.6 100 0.1 -21.5 252 44 327.0 327.3 292.5 332.9 1.70 14 350 8375 -28.3 -28.3 100 -0.0 -28.3 237 42 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.4 1.06 15 300 9462 -36.2 -36.2 100 0.0 -36.2 229 53 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.5 0.58 16 250 10700 -46.5 -46.9 96 0.3 -46.6 229 63 336.9 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.23 17 200 12140 -58.7 -58.9 97 0.3 -58.7 232 81 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 18 150 13925 -61.7 -75.5 14 13.9 -61.8 237 100 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16394 -68.8 -83.0 11 14.2 -68.9 245 65 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.87 m Freezing level: 644.32 mb = 3733.27 m = 12248.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.23 mb = 3670.18 m = 12041.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.89 mb = 289.24 m = 948.95 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 828.80 m = 2719.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.19 C = 73.75 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 496.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.43 mb = 719.17 m = 2359.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.43 mb = 1742.57 m = 5717.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.43 mb = 9221.05 m = 30252.41 ft B at Equ Level: 495.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.43 mb = 13132.76 m = 43085.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.8 neg: -22.1 tot: 140.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 10.36 Bulk Shear: 47.86 m/s