MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510160600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510160600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.9,-89.0 Latitude: 34.90 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 990 156 25.4 16.3 57 9.2 19.3 173 14 299.4 301.6 292.8 334.0 11.84 2 950 521 23.3 15.4 61 7.9 18.0 176 33 300.8 302.9 293.0 335.0 11.63 3 900 991 20.7 12.9 61 7.8 15.7 188 39 302.9 304.8 292.8 334.0 10.47 4 850 1483 17.0 11.2 69 5.8 13.3 203 36 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.3 9.85 5 800 1997 12.6 9.3 80 3.3 10.6 214 37 304.6 306.3 292.3 332.2 9.22 6 750 2536 10.9 2.0 54 8.9 6.0 226 35 308.4 309.5 290.7 326.5 5.88 7 700 3110 8.7 -2.7 45 11.4 2.9 236 35 312.1 312.9 290.6 326.2 4.47 8 650 3719 4.5 -5.0 50 9.5 -0.0 234 34 314.1 314.8 290.9 327.0 4.06 9 600 4365 -0.5 -7.4 60 6.8 -3.6 233 33 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.3 3.67 10 550 5054 -5.1 -12.3 57 7.2 -7.9 234 36 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.70 11 500 5797 -10.1 -15.8 63 5.7 -12.1 235 43 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.2 2.23 12 450 6601 -14.5 -24.4 43 9.9 -17.1 240 52 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.18 13 400 7484 -20.4 -25.3 65 4.9 -21.6 241 54 328.5 328.7 292.5 332.8 1.23 14 350 8458 -27.7 -29.5 85 1.8 -28.0 240 59 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.8 0.95 15 300 9547 -36.2 -36.2 100 0.0 -36.2 243 64 334.3 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.58 16 250 10787 -44.9 -45.8 91 0.9 -44.9 246 61 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.25 17 200 12248 -54.4 -57.4 70 3.0 -54.5 247 64 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14059 -61.7 -78.4 9 16.6 -61.9 252 55 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16500 -71.2 -83.2 15 11.9 -71.3 252 33 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.01 m Freezing level: 605.17 mb = 4298.01 m = 14100.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.66 mb = 3710.35 m = 12172.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.24 mb = 1320.06 m = 4330.86 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.00 mb = 2262.24 m = 7421.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 26.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.05 mb = 1643.40 m = 5391.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.05 mb = 4646.44 m = 15244.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 439.05 mb = 6785.89 m = 22263.13 ft B at Equ Level: 51.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.05 mb = 9336.96 m = 30632.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 347.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 347.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 86.95 m/s