MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z 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 1005 66 26.3 13.9 46 12.4 18.2 13 11 299.0 300.8 291.2 328.1 9.97 1 1000 114 24.5 13.2 49 11.3 17.3 14 13 297.7 299.4 290.5 325.5 9.57 2 950 559 19.8 12.2 61 7.6 15.0 14 17 297.3 299.0 290.2 324.7 9.43 3 900 1022 15.4 11.3 76 4.1 12.9 15 17 297.4 299.1 290.2 324.7 9.39 4 850 1504 11.1 10.2 94 0.9 10.6 16 17 297.8 299.4 290.2 324.7 9.24 5 800 2011 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 5.0 18 18 304.3 305.1 287.6 316.4 3.93 6 750 2551 11.6 -25.2 6 36.9 -0.1 9 18 309.2 309.3 285.8 311.4 0.66 7 700 3124 9.2 -21.9 9 31.1 -1.3 4 15 312.7 312.9 287.4 315.9 0.94 8 650 3733 5.8 -21.6 12 27.4 -3.4 341 11 315.5 315.7 288.5 319.1 1.05 9 600 4383 2.6 -27.0 9 29.6 -6.2 288 11 319.1 319.3 289.2 321.6 0.70 10 550 5080 -2.1 -31.1 9 28.9 -9.6 264 15 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.52 11 500 5829 -7.3 -39.1 6 31.9 -13.6 271 18 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.26 12 450 6641 -12.8 -43.7 6 30.9 -17.9 274 23 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.18 13 400 7527 -19.0 -37.3 18 18.3 -22.2 279 28 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.39 14 350 8509 -24.8 -45.6 13 20.7 -27.3 276 34 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 15 300 9613 -32.4 -59.5 5 27.1 -34.2 275 54 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 16 250 10873 -41.8 -63.7 7 22.0 -42.6 273 60 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12347 -52.9 -67.9 15 14.9 -53.2 274 74 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14141 -66.1 -76.1 23 10.1 -66.1 266 60 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16562 -70.4 -82.6 15 12.2 -70.5 228 31 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.32 m Freezing level: 572.59 mb = 4765.28 m = 15633.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.96 mb = 2540.08 m = 8333.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.31 mb = 1619.62 m = 5313.64 ft T: 11.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.19 mb = 3518.54 m = 11543.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.86 C = 107.36 F Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lifted Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.74 C Showalter Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.48 C K Index: -2.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 173.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7416.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.40 mb = 1529.31 m = 5017.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.7 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 11.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -7.4 tot: -6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 9.32 m/s