MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 32.55,-86.77 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -86.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 996 94 21.9 20.2 90 1.7 20.8 187 9 295.4 298.1 294.0 338.9 15.13 2 950 506 19.7 18.7 94 1.0 19.1 200 25 297.2 299.8 294.1 339.0 14.47 3 900 971 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 217 35 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.6 13.56 4 850 1458 15.0 14.1 95 0.9 14.4 229 42 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.2 11.98 5 800 1970 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 231 44 303.9 305.7 292.8 334.1 10.15 6 750 2509 8.6 6.6 87 2.0 7.5 232 46 305.9 307.4 291.9 330.7 8.19 7 700 3077 5.4 0.8 72 4.6 2.9 232 47 308.4 309.5 290.6 326.3 5.78 8 650 3679 1.4 -2.3 76 3.7 -0.4 231 46 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.1 4.98 9 600 4319 -2.8 -5.4 82 2.6 -4.0 232 47 312.9 313.7 290.7 326.4 4.27 10 550 5005 -6.1 -12.4 61 6.3 -8.5 237 51 316.8 317.3 290.5 325.6 2.68 11 500 5746 -9.7 -12.8 78 3.2 -10.9 248 58 321.3 321.8 291.9 330.8 2.85 12 450 6553 -14.2 -15.7 89 1.5 -14.7 253 62 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.8 2.50 13 400 7437 -19.8 -21.9 83 2.1 -20.4 252 62 329.2 329.6 293.1 335.0 1.65 14 350 8415 -25.8 -26.8 91 1.0 -26.1 253 57 334.0 334.2 293.9 338.4 1.22 15 300 9515 -33.3 -33.8 95 0.5 -33.4 264 59 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.2 0.73 16 250 10770 -43.6 -44.8 88 1.2 -43.7 262 59 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.3 0.28 17 200 12227 -55.5 -56.9 85 1.4 -55.5 240 90 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.09 18 150 14003 -68.3 -70.3 76 2.0 -68.4 239 102 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 19 100 16411 -70.7 -83.6 13 12.9 -70.8 239 80 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.49 m Freezing level: 633.27 mb = 3893.16 m = 12772.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.61 mb = 3596.83 m = 11800.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.30 mb = 313.43 m = 1028.29 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 782.78 m = 2568.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.05 mb = 660.89 m = 2168.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.05 mb = 1578.03 m = 5177.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.05 mb = 8663.18 m = 28422.15 ft B at Equ Level: 519.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.05 mb = 12944.55 m = 42468.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.11 Bulk Shear: 126.82 m/s