MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 31.03,-83.28 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -83.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 66 25.8 19.7 69 6.0 21.5 54 13 298.4 301.0 294.5 340.6 14.54 1 1000 121 25.2 19.0 69 6.2 20.9 55 19 298.4 300.9 294.1 339.1 14.00 2 950 569 21.0 17.8 82 3.2 18.8 59 23 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.1 13.61 3 900 1035 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.6 67 18 299.4 301.7 293.6 337.3 12.98 4 850 1523 15.8 12.7 82 3.1 13.8 112 9 302.7 304.7 293.1 335.1 10.93 5 800 2036 12.6 10.4 87 2.2 11.2 152 9 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.3 9.96 6 750 2575 8.7 7.7 94 0.9 8.1 167 9 306.0 307.6 292.4 332.7 8.85 7 700 3144 5.8 4.5 91 1.3 5.1 204 7 308.9 310.4 292.3 332.1 7.58 8 650 3748 2.9 0.4 84 2.4 1.6 234 8 312.2 313.4 292.0 331.2 6.09 9 600 4393 -0.3 -5.5 68 5.2 -2.8 231 10 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.3 4.22 10 550 5086 -3.6 -8.8 67 5.3 -5.9 246 11 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.5 3.56 11 500 5834 -7.5 -13.1 64 5.6 -9.7 263 12 323.9 324.4 292.6 333.2 2.79 12 450 6647 -12.3 -19.5 55 7.2 -14.6 265 12 327.8 328.1 292.8 334.0 1.81 13 400 7536 -18.5 -30.0 36 11.5 -21.0 255 15 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.9 0.79 14 350 8518 -25.5 -38.4 29 13.0 -27.4 260 15 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.40 15 300 9617 -33.9 -50.1 18 16.2 -35.2 259 30 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.13 16 250 10867 -42.9 -60.9 12 18.0 -43.6 261 40 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 17 200 12341 -52.4 -67.3 15 15.0 -52.7 258 49 349.8 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14145 -64.7 -70.8 43 6.1 -64.7 265 37 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16574 -72.0 -82.1 20 10.2 -72.1 245 9 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.12 m Freezing level: 604.65 mb = 4333.36 m = 14216.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.87 mb = 3976.32 m = 13045.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.81 mb = 828.56 m = 2718.34 ft T: 18.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1313.70 m = 4309.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.56 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.92 mb = 987.96 m = 3241.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.92 mb = 2142.11 m = 7027.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.92 mb = 6149.86 m = 20176.47 ft B at Equ Level: 118.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.92 mb = 10341.27 m = 33927.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.2 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 204.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 101.85 m/s