MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-81.6 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 994 147 18.8 18.5 98 0.3 18.6 337 0 292.4 294.9 292.0 330.9 13.58 2 950 533 18.0 17.1 94 1.0 17.4 155 11 295.5 297.8 292.4 332.8 12.98 3 900 996 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 15.0 137 17 298.2 300.3 292.1 331.4 11.41 4 850 1481 13.3 12.2 93 1.2 12.6 123 20 300.1 302.0 292.0 331.1 10.54 5 800 1990 10.8 9.0 89 1.8 9.7 117 19 302.6 304.3 291.6 329.5 9.03 6 750 2527 7.9 5.1 82 2.9 6.3 130 21 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.4 7.35 7 700 3093 4.4 2.9 90 1.5 3.6 147 25 307.3 308.6 291.1 327.9 6.75 8 650 3694 1.0 0.9 99 0.1 0.9 181 25 310.1 311.3 291.6 329.5 6.28 9 600 4335 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.2 -1.6 200 19 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.2 5.64 10 550 5025 -4.8 -5.1 97 0.3 -5.0 183 19 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.7 4.75 11 500 5770 -8.6 -9.1 96 0.5 -8.8 193 22 322.6 323.3 293.2 335.3 3.85 12 450 6581 -12.8 -13.2 97 0.4 -13.0 210 23 327.1 327.7 293.7 337.5 3.07 13 400 7471 -18.3 -18.4 100 0.0 -18.3 219 25 331.2 331.6 294.1 339.0 2.25 14 350 8453 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 209 18 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.8 1.34 15 300 9552 -33.4 -33.6 98 0.2 -33.4 247 30 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.1 0.75 16 250 10814 -39.9 -59.8 10 19.9 -40.9 267 34 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 17 200 12304 -49.9 -67.5 11 17.6 -50.4 268 25 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 14144 -59.9 -79.1 7 19.1 -60.2 254 15 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16614 -68.3 -82.2 12 13.8 -68.4 213 8 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.26 m Freezing level: 630.28 mb = 3946.82 m = 12948.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.17 mb = 3916.73 m = 12849.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.74 mb = 180.81 m = 593.20 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 5.41 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1111.10 m = 3645.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 76.99 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 32.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.99 mb = 743.12 m = 2438.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.99 mb = 2614.75 m = 8578.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 601.99 mb = 4308.87 m = 14136.55 ft B at Equ Level: 53.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 491.99 mb = 5894.73 m = 19339.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.6 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 192.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.1 neg: -15.0 tot: 122.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 21.86 m/s