MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-81.69 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -81.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 972 370 15.8 15.3 97 0.6 15.5 3 7 291.4 293.4 289.8 323.4 11.31 2 950 562 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.7 12 15 292.6 294.6 289.8 323.5 10.86 3 900 1020 13.0 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 37 27 294.9 296.7 290.2 324.6 10.36 4 850 1500 11.1 11.1 100 0.0 11.1 64 35 297.8 299.6 290.6 326.3 9.79 5 800 2006 9.8 9.8 100 0.0 9.9 93 28 301.6 303.4 291.7 330.0 9.57 6 750 2541 7.3 7.3 100 0.0 7.3 92 14 304.5 306.1 291.8 330.2 8.58 7 700 3107 4.6 3.7 94 0.9 4.1 61 14 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.4 7.16 8 650 3709 1.6 -0.7 84 2.4 0.4 86 8 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.2 5.58 9 600 4350 -2.2 -4.9 81 2.8 -3.4 102 6 313.6 314.5 291.0 327.7 4.42 10 550 5038 -5.1 -9.1 73 4.0 -6.8 139 10 318.1 318.7 291.6 329.4 3.49 11 500 5781 -9.2 -13.7 70 4.5 -10.9 166 13 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.8 2.66 12 450 6589 -14.3 -17.5 77 3.2 -15.3 178 15 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.7 2.16 13 400 7471 -21.0 -22.3 89 1.3 -21.3 197 15 327.7 328.0 292.6 333.3 1.60 14 350 8442 -28.7 -30.6 84 1.9 -29.0 217 13 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.85 15 300 9525 -37.2 -49.9 26 12.7 -38.1 213 9 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 16 250 10765 -44.7 -60.6 15 16.0 -45.3 174 20 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 17 200 12227 -53.7 -67.2 18 13.6 -53.9 199 17 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14036 -62.5 -76.6 13 14.1 -62.6 266 13 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16500 -68.3 -83.0 10 14.7 -68.4 286 5 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.73 m Freezing level: 628.51 mb = 3984.50 m = 13072.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3777.73 m = 12393.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.91 mb = 438.66 m = 1439.15 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 972.20 m = 3189.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.08 C = 66.34 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 30.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7130.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.24 mb = 886.96 m = 2909.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.0 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 115.0 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.2 neg: -28.5 tot: 289.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 39.03 m/s