MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 67 19.8 11.8 60 8.1 14.9 58 8 291.7 293.2 287.4 316.0 8.56 1 1000 200 20.5 11.1 55 9.5 14.8 60 18 293.7 295.2 287.9 317.5 8.30 2 950 642 17.4 9.3 59 8.0 12.6 65 23 294.8 296.2 287.9 317.3 7.78 3 900 1100 13.4 8.1 70 5.3 10.3 67 19 295.3 296.6 287.8 317.1 7.53 4 850 1578 9.1 6.7 85 2.4 7.8 68 15 295.7 297.0 287.7 316.8 7.28 5 800 2078 6.5 -0.7 60 7.2 3.0 55 14 298.1 298.9 285.9 311.6 4.55 6 750 2608 7.4 -8.7 31 16.2 0.5 44 16 304.6 305.1 286.4 312.8 2.63 7 700 3174 5.5 -8.5 36 14.0 -0.6 44 13 308.6 309.2 288.0 317.7 2.87 8 650 3776 2.2 -15.1 26 17.3 -4.3 44 12 311.4 311.8 287.9 317.3 1.81 9 600 4417 -1.9 -22.7 19 20.7 -8.2 47 12 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.4 1.03 10 550 5102 -6.7 -29.1 15 22.5 -12.2 51 12 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.4 0.63 11 500 5839 -11.6 -36.0 11 24.4 -16.3 47 10 318.9 318.9 288.8 320.2 0.35 12 450 6636 -17.8 -38.8 14 21.1 -21.1 32 12 320.9 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.29 13 400 7507 -22.7 -54.4 4 31.7 -25.7 36 22 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.06 14 350 8475 -28.5 -60.5 3 32.0 -30.7 34 26 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.03 15 300 9561 -36.4 -62.6 5 26.2 -37.7 18 14 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.03 16 250 10803 -44.2 -65.8 7 21.6 -44.9 287 11 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12270 -52.7 -70.8 9 18.1 -53.1 263 23 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14087 -61.8 -78.4 9 16.6 -62.0 264 25 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16531 -70.2 -82.3 15 12.1 -70.3 282 12 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.27 m Freezing level: 623.44 mb = 4116.44 m = 13505.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.43 mb = 2881.40 m = 9453.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.77 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.05 mb = 1090.34 m = 3577.17 ft T: 13.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 5.87 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1882.89 m = 6177.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 6.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.28 C Showalter Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 13.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9361.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.00 mb = 1538.93 m = 5048.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.8 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 83.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -14.5 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 2.86 m/s