MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 31.87,-83.09 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -83.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 84 19.7 17.6 87 2.1 18.3 45 5 292.3 294.5 291.2 328.2 12.67 1 1000 146 20.4 17.4 83 3.0 18.4 53 9 293.5 295.7 291.5 329.3 12.56 2 950 589 19.5 15.3 77 4.2 16.8 73 15 297.0 299.1 291.9 330.6 11.60 3 900 1053 16.6 12.8 78 3.8 14.2 59 14 298.6 300.5 291.4 328.9 10.39 4 850 1538 13.6 10.2 80 3.4 11.5 38 11 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.6 9.24 5 800 2047 10.5 6.9 79 3.6 8.4 26 10 302.3 303.8 290.5 325.7 7.83 6 750 2582 7.4 2.9 73 4.5 4.9 53 10 304.6 305.8 289.9 323.7 6.31 7 700 3148 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.5 69 10 307.8 308.5 288.8 320.2 3.99 8 650 3749 2.4 -16.3 24 18.7 -4.3 48 10 311.7 312.0 287.8 317.1 1.65 9 600 4392 -1.0 -18.1 26 17.1 -6.9 31 10 314.9 315.2 288.8 320.0 1.53 10 550 5080 -5.3 -21.0 28 15.7 -10.2 16 14 317.8 318.0 289.4 322.2 1.31 11 500 5820 -10.3 -26.2 26 15.9 -14.5 15 18 320.5 320.6 289.9 323.6 0.90 12 450 6624 -15.7 -30.7 26 15.0 -18.9 14 24 323.5 323.7 290.5 325.9 0.66 13 400 7501 -21.8 -40.9 16 19.1 -24.5 14 34 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.27 14 350 8468 -29.8 -46.5 18 16.7 -31.4 14 39 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 15 300 9544 -39.3 -50.3 30 11.0 -40.0 15 39 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.13 16 250 10766 -48.5 -57.7 34 9.2 -48.8 9 34 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12219 -52.4 -70.1 10 17.7 -52.8 335 22 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14047 -59.6 -78.3 7 18.8 -59.7 330 19 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16536 -66.9 -83.1 8 16.2 -67.0 336 11 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.84 m Freezing level: 614.83 mb = 4201.00 m = 13782.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.64 mb = 3210.18 m = 10531.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.27 mb = 353.30 m = 1159.12 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1507.18 m = 4944.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5264.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.34 mb = 1002.57 m = 3289.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.3 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 69.3 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -15.5 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 3.34 m/s