MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 66 22.7 13.0 54 9.7 16.6 12 12 295.2 296.9 289.4 322.2 9.37 1 1000 134 20.8 12.3 58 8.6 15.5 13 17 294.0 295.6 288.7 319.9 9.01 2 950 575 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.4 14 21 293.9 295.5 288.6 319.5 8.94 3 900 1032 12.9 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 21 24 294.8 296.4 288.9 320.4 8.87 4 850 1514 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.2 24 24 299.7 301.0 288.9 320.5 7.03 5 800 2022 12.3 -8.0 23 20.3 3.3 13 21 304.2 304.7 286.2 312.4 2.61 6 750 2561 11.4 -26.1 5 37.5 -0.3 5 20 309.0 309.1 285.7 311.0 0.61 7 700 3134 9.2 -24.7 7 33.9 -1.7 3 18 312.6 312.8 287.1 315.2 0.74 8 650 3743 5.6 -21.6 12 27.2 -3.6 350 14 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.9 1.04 9 600 4393 2.6 -28.2 8 30.8 -6.3 317 10 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.3 0.62 10 550 5090 -2.1 -30.8 9 28.7 -9.5 283 11 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.6 0.53 11 500 5838 -7.7 -35.5 9 27.8 -13.7 267 15 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.37 12 450 6649 -13.3 -44.2 5 31.0 -18.2 274 20 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.17 13 400 7534 -19.7 -45.8 8 26.2 -23.1 280 26 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 14 350 8512 -25.2 -52.5 6 27.3 -27.9 279 29 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.08 15 300 9617 -31.9 -61.0 4 29.1 -33.7 277 40 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 16 250 10879 -41.4 -65.8 5 24.4 -42.3 283 53 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 17 200 12355 -52.8 -70.7 10 17.9 -53.1 282 65 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14152 -65.8 -76.7 21 10.9 -65.8 273 52 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16570 -71.3 -82.5 17 11.2 -71.3 236 25 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.06 m Freezing level: 572.40 mb = 4777.63 m = 15674.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.82 mb = 2518.86 m = 8263.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.27 mb = 1286.31 m = 4220.13 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.30 mb = 3689.03 m = 12102.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.64 C = 108.74 F Cap Strength: 9.50 C Lifted Index: 8.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.81 C Showalter Index: 8.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 13.94 C K Index: -6.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9086.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.41 mb = 1236.85 m = 4057.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.3 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 24.3 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -22.2 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 4.79 m/s