MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 34,-80.81 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -80.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 72 18.6 16.0 85 2.5 16.9 61 13 290.8 292.8 289.6 322.9 11.39 1 1000 169 17.8 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 63 23 291.0 292.9 289.3 321.8 10.92 2 950 606 14.0 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 67 32 291.4 293.2 289.1 321.1 10.52 3 900 1062 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.1 97 30 295.1 297.0 290.5 325.6 10.62 4 850 1544 12.5 12.3 98 0.2 12.4 108 22 299.3 301.2 291.8 330.3 10.62 5 800 2052 10.7 8.9 88 1.8 9.6 113 13 302.5 304.2 291.5 329.1 8.95 6 750 2589 7.8 7.1 95 0.7 7.4 134 8 305.1 306.7 291.9 330.5 8.47 7 700 3155 4.3 3.8 96 0.6 4.0 150 7 307.3 308.6 291.5 329.2 7.19 8 650 3756 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.1 120 6 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.0 6.33 9 600 4397 -2.0 -3.2 91 1.2 -2.6 116 5 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.8 5.04 10 550 5085 -5.5 -7.1 88 1.7 -6.2 109 4 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.07 11 500 5828 -9.5 -10.9 89 1.5 -10.1 135 5 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.5 3.32 12 450 6636 -14.3 -14.8 96 0.5 -14.5 186 5 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.3 2.69 13 400 7518 -20.6 -24.1 73 3.5 -21.5 149 3 328.2 328.5 292.5 333.0 1.36 14 350 8491 -27.8 -34.4 53 6.6 -28.9 226 3 331.2 331.4 292.6 333.4 0.59 15 300 9579 -36.5 -47.4 31 10.9 -37.3 211 6 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.18 16 250 10817 -44.6 -58.3 20 13.7 -45.2 248 24 339.7 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 17 200 12288 -52.4 -65.1 20 12.8 -52.7 262 50 349.8 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14101 -62.4 -73.5 21 11.1 -62.5 261 38 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16550 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.2 -69.4 273 11 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.15 m Freezing level: 630.46 mb = 4006.63 m = 13144.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.93 mb = 3943.93 m = 12939.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.17 mb = 392.08 m = 1286.34 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 1.75 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.44 mb = 584.07 m = 1916.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.13 C = 66.43 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.40 mb = 637.92 m = 2092.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.40 mb = 682.62 m = 2239.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 931.40 mb = 772.71 m = 2535.12 ft B at Equ Level: 11.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 891.40 mb = 1143.00 m = 3749.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 131.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 171.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 38.13 m/s