MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 4 NOV 25 Station: 33.77,-87.6 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 990 163 14.7 13.8 95 0.9 14.1 306 9 288.7 290.4 287.7 316.9 10.07 2 950 509 12.0 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 313 23 289.4 291.0 287.2 315.2 9.19 3 900 964 13.0 12.6 97 0.4 12.7 283 14 294.9 296.7 290.0 324.3 10.23 4 850 1446 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.6 256 21 298.9 300.7 291.0 327.7 9.82 5 800 1953 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.1 258 35 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.8 7.58 6 750 2489 8.8 -4.0 40 12.8 2.7 261 50 306.1 306.8 288.0 317.8 3.78 7 700 3057 6.0 -8.5 34 14.6 -0.3 264 55 309.2 309.7 288.2 318.3 2.87 8 650 3659 1.4 -9.6 44 10.9 -3.2 261 59 310.5 311.0 288.6 319.6 2.84 9 600 4297 -3.4 -13.7 45 10.3 -7.2 251 59 312.1 312.6 288.5 319.3 2.21 10 550 4980 -7.2 -17.1 45 9.9 -10.5 247 63 315.5 315.9 289.2 321.6 1.82 11 500 5718 -10.7 -25.3 29 14.6 -14.5 247 66 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.4 0.98 12 450 6521 -15.0 -34.9 17 19.9 -18.9 246 67 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.9 0.44 13 400 7401 -21.2 -39.5 18 18.3 -23.9 239 69 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.31 14 350 8373 -28.1 -39.4 33 11.3 -29.6 230 71 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.36 15 300 9460 -36.4 -37.2 93 0.7 -36.5 215 72 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.52 16 250 10696 -46.0 -47.9 81 1.9 -46.2 224 87 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.20 17 200 12152 -55.1 -61.5 45 6.3 -55.3 228 117 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 13936 -65.3 -74.1 29 8.7 -65.4 233 112 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16384 -68.2 -83.3 10 15.1 -68.3 244 69 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.51 m Freezing level: 635.84 mb = 3839.69 m = 12597.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.66 mb = 3002.48 m = 9850.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.30 mb = 270.30 m = 886.79 ft T: 13.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.77 mb = 396.55 m = 1301.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.15 C = 59.28 F Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lifted Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.09 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 19.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8651.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.18 mb = 659.51 m = 2163.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.4 neg: -48.6 tot: 220.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 203.01 m/s