MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-81.63 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 147 26.2 16.8 56 9.4 19.8 40 8 299.3 301.5 293.0 334.7 12.11 1 1000 150 25.2 16.3 58 8.9 19.2 41 8 298.3 300.5 292.3 332.4 11.70 2 950 597 20.2 14.9 71 5.3 16.7 39 13 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.4 11.27 3 900 1060 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.5 39 14 297.9 299.9 291.7 330.0 11.03 4 850 1544 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 42 14 298.5 300.3 291.1 327.7 10.02 5 800 2050 9.6 7.3 85 2.3 8.2 64 13 301.4 302.9 290.3 325.2 8.03 6 750 2585 8.5 -0.3 54 8.8 4.0 71 9 305.8 306.7 289.1 321.1 5.00 7 700 3152 5.2 -0.9 65 6.0 2.1 59 9 308.2 309.2 290.0 324.0 5.13 8 650 3754 1.6 -6.8 53 8.4 -2.1 57 8 310.8 311.5 289.3 322.0 3.53 9 600 4394 -2.1 -13.0 43 10.9 -6.2 53 6 313.7 314.2 289.2 321.4 2.34 10 550 5080 -6.6 -16.2 46 9.6 -9.9 36 6 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.7 1.96 11 500 5817 -11.6 -21.8 42 10.2 -14.6 16 5 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.4 1.33 12 450 6617 -16.4 -35.9 17 19.5 -19.9 21 9 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.1 0.40 13 400 7489 -23.7 -39.1 23 15.3 -25.9 15 15 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.32 14 350 8449 -31.5 -41.3 37 9.8 -32.6 16 23 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.29 15 300 9520 -39.9 -50.0 33 10.1 -40.5 10 35 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.13 16 250 10744 -46.8 -61.1 18 14.3 -47.3 8 28 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12207 -51.5 -72.2 7 20.7 -51.8 357 19 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14039 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 358 11 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16529 -66.3 -83.1 8 16.8 -66.4 313 1 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.18 m Freezing level: 627.92 mb = 4036.40 m = 13242.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.46 mb = 3441.76 m = 11291.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.23 mb = 1325.40 m = 4348.38 ft T: 13.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 13.53 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.58 mb = 1331.67 m = 4368.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 28.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.30 mb = 1286.05 m = 4219.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.30 mb = 1431.98 m = 4698.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.30 mb = 2245.98 m = 7368.61 ft B at Equ Level: 15.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 721.30 mb = 2905.69 m = 9532.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.6 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 78.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 166.54 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s