MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 34.52,-78.23 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -78.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 20 19.0 18.2 95 0.8 18.5 3 6 291.4 293.8 291.3 328.6 13.14 1 1000 94 19.2 17.9 92 1.3 18.4 6 12 292.4 294.7 291.5 329.3 13.03 2 950 534 17.2 15.5 90 1.6 16.1 32 26 294.6 296.7 291.2 328.3 11.75 3 900 995 15.7 10.7 72 4.9 12.6 49 28 297.7 299.3 290.0 324.0 9.03 4 850 1479 13.0 8.6 74 4.5 10.4 58 25 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.1 8.26 5 800 1987 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 9.0 64 20 301.8 303.4 291.0 327.4 8.64 6 750 2521 6.5 4.4 86 2.1 5.3 73 19 303.6 304.9 290.2 324.7 7.00 7 700 3086 4.7 4.5 98 0.2 4.6 15 2 307.7 309.2 291.9 330.8 7.57 8 650 3688 2.1 0.6 90 1.4 1.3 290 8 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.5 6.17 9 600 4333 -0.1 -7.7 56 7.7 -3.5 250 12 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.5 3.56 10 550 5025 -3.6 -19.3 29 15.7 -8.9 255 16 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.9 1.51 11 500 5771 -8.8 -27.9 20 19.1 -13.7 253 14 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.1 0.77 12 450 6577 -15.0 -39.3 11 24.4 -19.1 243 16 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.28 13 400 7454 -22.5 -42.5 14 20.1 -25.1 235 19 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22 14 350 8425 -26.6 -45.4 15 18.8 -28.7 189 22 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.19 15 300 9525 -32.2 -56.8 7 24.6 -34.0 187 19 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 16 250 10787 -40.7 -64.8 6 24.0 -41.7 199 15 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.03 17 200 12277 -49.1 -72.9 5 23.8 -49.7 220 24 354.9 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14120 -59.5 -77.4 8 17.9 -59.7 234 24 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16596 -69.0 -81.3 15 12.3 -69.1 242 10 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.84 m Freezing level: 602.11 mb = 4305.69 m = 14126.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.46 mb = 3857.87 m = 12656.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.79 mb = 121.45 m = 398.47 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1286.86 m = 4221.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 30.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6686.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.64 mb = 719.04 m = 2359.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 54.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 117.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 57.86 Bulk Shear: 0.33 m/s