MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 34.79,-87.05 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -87.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 991 219 9.0 3.7 69 5.3 6.4 255 8 282.9 283.8 280.0 297.0 5.05 2 950 563 5.6 1.8 76 3.8 3.8 255 14 282.9 283.7 279.4 295.7 4.58 3 900 1002 1.6 0.4 92 1.2 1.0 254 14 283.1 283.9 279.3 295.4 4.36 4 850 1460 -1.7 -3.1 90 1.4 -2.3 252 17 284.3 285.0 278.9 294.5 3.58 5 800 1940 -4.9 -6.1 91 1.2 -5.3 255 18 286.0 286.5 278.9 294.7 3.02 6 750 2444 -8.4 -8.6 98 0.2 -8.4 257 18 287.5 288.0 279.2 295.3 2.67 7 700 2977 -9.6 -11.9 83 2.4 -10.4 265 19 291.9 292.3 280.7 298.4 2.18 8 650 3547 -12.1 -15.4 76 3.3 -13.0 266 22 295.3 295.6 281.6 300.7 1.77 9 600 4155 -15.5 -19.7 70 4.2 -16.5 265 26 298.2 298.5 282.4 302.4 1.34 10 550 4807 -19.7 -23.8 70 4.1 -20.5 268 32 300.8 300.9 283.0 304.0 1.02 11 500 5508 -24.1 -27.9 71 3.7 -24.8 274 38 303.6 303.8 283.8 306.2 0.77 12 450 6268 -29.4 -33.0 70 3.7 -29.9 280 41 306.3 306.4 284.6 308.1 0.53 13 400 7098 -35.7 -39.4 69 3.7 -36.1 275 41 308.5 308.6 285.2 309.6 0.31 14 350 8013 -41.5 -49.5 42 8.0 -41.9 262 42 312.8 312.9 286.5 313.3 0.12 15 300 9057 -41.5 -61.3 10 19.8 -42.3 252 48 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.03 16 250 10297 -40.7 -72.8 2 32.0 -41.8 256 52 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 17 200 11809 -43.3 -74.6 2 31.4 -44.2 255 51 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 18 150 13718 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 264 43 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16326 -57.5 -84.7 2 27.2 -57.9 259 36 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5367.96 m Freezing level: 876.18 mb = 1220.00 m = 4002.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.52 mb = 1140.89 m = 3743.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.79 % Est. max temperature: 10.72 C = 51.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.69 mb = 879.29 m = 2884.78 ft T: 2.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 2.51 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1096.34 m = 3596.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.45 C = 49.02 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: 7.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 8.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 16.94 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.64 mb = 1049.78 m = 3444.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.64 mb = 1369.44 m = 4492.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.64 mb = 2551.46 m = 8370.83 ft B at Equ Level: 6.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 719.64 mb = 2763.38 m = 9066.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 21.28 m/s