MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 32.75,-82.90 Latitude: 32.75 Longitude: -82.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 99 20.5 19.8 96 0.7 20.1 63 8 293.5 296.2 293.1 335.3 14.65 1 1000 113 20.6 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 64 9 293.7 296.3 293.1 335.2 14.54 2 950 556 19.0 17.2 89 1.8 17.8 92 22 296.5 298.8 292.9 334.3 13.10 3 900 1020 17.0 15.2 89 1.8 15.8 107 21 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.4 12.12 4 850 1507 14.3 12.9 91 1.4 13.4 119 18 301.1 303.2 292.7 333.8 11.08 5 800 2018 11.4 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 135 15 303.3 305.2 292.8 334.1 10.34 6 750 2556 8.5 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 160 12 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.7 9.26 7 700 3124 5.7 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 176 11 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.5 8.08 8 650 3728 2.4 2.1 98 0.3 2.2 170 11 311.7 313.0 292.5 333.0 6.87 9 600 4372 -1.2 -1.7 96 0.6 -1.4 153 11 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.6 5.63 10 550 5061 -5.0 -7.8 81 2.7 -6.2 157 7 318.1 318.9 291.9 330.7 3.88 11 500 5807 -8.3 -17.6 47 9.3 -11.5 242 10 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.5 1.92 12 450 6618 -12.8 -24.9 36 12.0 -16.2 237 20 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.1 1.13 13 400 7507 -18.1 -24.8 56 6.7 -19.9 255 25 331.4 331.7 293.3 336.0 1.28 14 350 8490 -25.3 -30.8 60 5.5 -26.4 263 33 334.6 334.8 293.7 337.7 0.84 15 300 9590 -33.9 -41.5 46 7.5 -34.8 265 30 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.8 0.34 16 250 10841 -42.7 -58.9 15 16.2 -43.4 261 33 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 17 200 12321 -50.1 -68.0 10 17.9 -50.5 272 42 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 18 150 14152 -62.2 -78.5 10 16.3 -62.3 274 37 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16599 -69.0 -82.6 12 13.6 -69.1 280 11 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.96 m Freezing level: 616.11 mb = 4164.68 m = 13663.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.57 mb = 4113.90 m = 13496.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.21 mb = 189.09 m = 620.37 ft T: 20.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 4.59 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1146.95 m = 3762.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.91 mb = 748.81 m = 2456.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.91 mb = 2294.04 m = 7526.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 523.91 mb = 5441.40 m = 17852.14 ft B at Equ Level: 54.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.91 mb = 6892.42 m = 22612.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.3 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 172.3 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 25.94 m/s