MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 34.58,-85.95 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -85.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 973 342 24.1 17.9 69 6.1 19.8 158 11 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.7 13.40 2 950 552 21.1 16.5 75 4.6 18.1 163 17 298.6 300.9 293.1 335.2 12.54 3 900 1017 16.8 15.5 92 1.3 16.0 172 17 298.8 301.1 293.1 335.1 12.43 4 850 1503 13.3 13.1 98 0.2 13.2 187 17 300.1 302.2 292.5 333.0 11.22 5 800 2013 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 218 19 303.6 305.2 291.7 329.9 8.79 6 750 2551 8.6 4.0 73 4.6 6.0 225 19 305.9 307.2 290.7 326.6 6.82 7 700 3119 5.6 -1.7 59 7.3 2.0 224 19 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.7 4.83 8 650 3721 2.1 -7.1 50 9.2 -2.0 221 21 311.3 312.0 289.5 322.3 3.44 9 600 4363 -1.5 -12.5 43 11.0 -5.8 225 26 314.4 314.9 289.5 322.3 2.44 10 550 5051 -5.4 -14.1 50 8.7 -8.7 228 30 317.7 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.34 11 500 5792 -9.8 -17.8 52 8.0 -12.5 228 31 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.88 12 450 6598 -14.8 -22.0 54 7.2 -16.9 229 37 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.7 1.45 13 400 7479 -20.8 -30.4 42 9.6 -22.8 224 41 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.7 0.77 14 350 8451 -28.0 -38.1 37 10.1 -29.4 220 45 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.41 15 300 9542 -35.1 -45.5 34 10.5 -36.0 221 61 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 16 250 10786 -44.8 -51.0 50 6.2 -45.2 223 67 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.14 17 200 12248 -54.1 -62.2 36 8.1 -54.3 224 67 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14055 -63.4 -74.1 22 10.7 -63.6 215 54 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16500 -68.6 -82.5 12 13.9 -68.7 214 37 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.90 m Freezing level: 620.93 mb = 4094.10 m = 13431.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.49 mb = 3408.37 m = 11182.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.59 mb = 1116.25 m = 3662.20 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.46 mb = 1242.46 m = 4076.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.17 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 28.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.04 mb = 1179.01 m = 3868.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.04 mb = 1324.49 m = 4345.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.04 mb = 1928.81 m = 6328.05 ft B at Equ Level: 8.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.04 mb = 10837.58 m = 35555.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.23 Bulk Shear: 45.37 m/s