MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 30.55,-76.13 Latitude: 30.55 Longitude: -76.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -198 SFC 978 -0 26.9 25.8 94 1.1 26.1 329 17 302.0 306.0 300.0 366.8 21.85 2 950 257 24.8 24.2 96 0.6 24.4 338 20 302.4 306.1 299.2 362.8 20.38 3 900 732 23.2 21.7 91 1.5 22.1 341 20 305.4 308.8 298.8 360.6 18.40 4 850 1232 22.0 19.1 84 2.9 19.9 329 21 309.1 312.3 298.6 359.6 16.59 5 800 1760 20.8 15.8 73 5.0 17.3 320 23 313.3 316.1 298.2 357.4 14.28 6 750 2318 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.4 317 24 317.4 319.7 297.7 355.1 12.01 7 700 2910 16.8 8.5 58 8.3 11.4 303 22 321.1 323.1 297.3 353.2 10.04 8 650 3539 14.3 5.8 57 8.5 8.9 304 26 325.1 326.9 297.5 354.2 8.95 9 600 4215 12.8 0.9 44 11.9 5.8 294 36 331.0 332.4 297.4 353.8 6.84 10 550 4941 8.6 -4.6 39 13.2 1.5 293 43 334.3 335.3 296.9 351.3 4.96 11 500 5721 3.3 -11.0 34 14.3 -3.4 292 43 337.1 337.8 296.3 348.7 3.32 12 450 6567 -2.4 -16.3 34 13.9 -8.1 295 40 340.2 340.7 296.4 348.7 2.38 13 400 7489 -9.4 -29.1 19 19.7 -15.0 298 42 342.8 342.9 295.7 346.0 0.86 14 350 8504 -17.7 -47.1 6 29.4 -22.2 296 53 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.6 0.16 15 300 9636 -26.8 -46.8 13 20.1 -29.2 294 51 347.6 347.7 296.3 348.4 0.19 16 250 10923 -37.2 -41.5 64 4.3 -37.7 283 44 350.8 350.8 297.1 352.4 0.40 17 200 12427 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 299 27 355.1 355.2 297.9 356.1 0.22 18 150 14246 -64.9 -65.1 97 0.2 -64.9 264 13 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.04 19 100 16599 -77.9 -80.0 72 2.1 -77.9 160 9 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5919.84 m Freezing level: 471.12 mb = 6209.84 m = 20373.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 534.92 mb = 5168.50 m = 16956.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.99 % Est. max temperature: 35.83 C = 96.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.79 mb = 138.15 m = 453.24 ft T: 25.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 1870.15 m = 6135.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.00 C = 102.19 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.64 C Cross Totals Index: 15.78 C K Index: 29.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 568.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.65 mb = 619.12 m = 2031.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 426.65 mb = 6984.32 m = 22914.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.65 mb = 14787.15 m = 48513.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1087.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.6 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 335.6 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -10.4 tot: -5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 32.15 Bulk Shear: 34.00 m/s