MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 35.65,-77.24 Latitude: 35.65 Longitude: -77.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 19 21.5 20.9 96 0.6 21.1 125 7 293.6 296.4 293.8 337.8 15.51 1 1000 128 22.0 20.4 91 1.5 20.9 131 15 295.1 297.9 294.1 339.0 15.30 2 950 575 21.2 17.9 81 3.3 18.9 155 23 298.7 301.1 293.9 338.4 13.67 3 900 1042 18.3 15.3 83 2.9 16.3 163 22 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.3 12.26 4 850 1530 15.6 12.7 82 3.0 13.7 167 20 302.5 304.5 293.0 334.9 10.91 5 800 2044 12.9 9.5 80 3.5 10.8 173 19 304.9 306.7 292.5 333.0 9.34 6 750 2584 9.9 5.0 72 4.9 7.1 183 20 307.3 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.29 7 700 3154 6.4 0.3 65 6.1 3.2 192 22 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.9 5.58 8 650 3758 2.6 -5.0 57 7.6 -1.0 197 22 311.9 312.7 290.2 324.7 4.07 9 600 4401 -1.6 -7.0 66 5.5 -4.0 202 21 314.3 315.0 290.7 326.3 3.76 10 550 5089 -5.4 -11.7 61 6.2 -7.9 209 19 317.7 318.2 290.9 327.0 2.85 11 500 5831 -9.6 -16.1 59 6.6 -11.9 214 16 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.17 12 450 6637 -14.6 -17.8 77 3.1 -15.7 206 12 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.0 2.11 13 400 7519 -20.5 -21.3 94 0.8 -20.7 179 18 328.3 328.7 292.9 334.4 1.75 14 350 8495 -26.8 -26.8 100 -0.0 -26.8 142 29 332.6 332.8 293.6 337.0 1.22 15 300 9588 -35.5 -35.5 100 0.0 -35.5 132 33 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.62 16 250 10829 -45.4 -46.1 92 0.7 -45.4 148 35 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.25 17 200 12280 -55.7 -60.6 54 5.0 -55.8 185 30 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14079 -62.7 -76.3 14 13.6 -62.9 246 23 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16534 -68.4 -82.8 11 14.4 -68.5 270 11 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.20 m Freezing level: 618.90 mb = 4157.68 m = 13640.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.73 mb = 3612.24 m = 11851.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.47 mb = 97.76 m = 320.74 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.28 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1267.24 m = 4157.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 427.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.79 mb = 788.24 m = 2586.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.79 mb = 2563.80 m = 8411.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.79 mb = 10013.78 m = 32853.21 ft B at Equ Level: 427.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.79 mb = 13230.85 m = 43407.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.7 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 215.7 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 15.69 Bulk Shear: 27.23 m/s