MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 34.45,-85.63 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -85.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 973 337 22.0 19.5 86 2.5 20.3 157 8 297.5 300.1 294.4 340.4 14.83 2 950 542 20.3 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 161 16 297.7 300.1 293.2 335.4 13.00 3 900 1007 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 171 19 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.2 12.17 4 850 1493 14.1 13.0 93 1.1 13.4 184 20 300.9 303.0 292.7 333.8 11.17 5 800 2004 11.6 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 205 20 303.5 305.2 292.1 331.4 9.37 6 750 2541 8.7 4.9 77 3.8 6.5 221 22 306.0 307.4 291.1 328.0 7.24 7 700 3109 5.1 -0.0 70 5.1 2.4 225 24 308.1 309.1 290.3 325.0 5.47 8 650 3710 1.5 -3.5 69 5.0 -0.9 223 23 310.7 311.5 290.2 324.9 4.54 9 600 4352 -1.5 -5.2 76 3.7 -3.3 224 26 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.32 10 550 5041 -5.5 -7.1 88 1.6 -6.2 229 27 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.10 11 500 5783 -10.1 -11.7 88 1.6 -10.8 240 31 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.0 3.12 12 450 6587 -15.4 -16.7 89 1.4 -15.8 242 31 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.7 2.30 13 400 7467 -21.0 -21.5 96 0.4 -21.1 228 35 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.7 1.72 14 350 8440 -27.5 -28.3 92 0.9 -27.6 219 48 331.7 331.9 293.2 335.6 1.06 15 300 9531 -35.8 -35.9 98 0.2 -35.8 219 58 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.2 0.59 16 250 10771 -45.6 -46.4 91 0.9 -45.6 222 62 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.24 17 200 12228 -53.8 -68.1 16 14.3 -54.1 229 74 347.5 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14036 -63.0 -76.3 15 13.2 -63.1 223 59 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16489 -67.2 -82.7 9 15.5 -67.3 223 38 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.50 m Freezing level: 625.11 mb = 4029.87 m = 13221.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.74 mb = 3540.74 m = 11616.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.70 mb = 645.10 m = 2116.44 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1254.11 m = 4114.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 32.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.90 mb = 1074.29 m = 3524.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.90 mb = 2130.56 m = 6989.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.90 mb = 8277.40 m = 27156.49 ft B at Equ Level: 235.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.90 mb = 11375.19 m = 37319.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.62 Bulk Shear: 51.16 m/s