MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-80.37 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -80.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 54 19.5 17.2 87 2.3 17.9 74 9 291.2 293.4 290.5 325.7 12.22 1 1000 199 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 76 17 291.5 293.5 290.0 324.0 11.48 2 950 637 15.6 14.3 92 1.4 14.8 85 28 293.1 295.0 289.9 323.9 10.83 3 900 1095 13.4 10.7 84 2.7 11.8 84 32 295.4 297.0 289.2 321.4 9.02 4 850 1574 10.4 7.4 81 3.0 8.7 82 30 297.1 298.4 288.5 319.2 7.60 5 800 2079 9.4 7.9 90 1.5 8.5 100 23 301.2 302.7 290.6 326.0 8.38 6 750 2613 6.7 5.7 94 0.9 6.2 123 21 303.8 305.3 290.9 326.9 7.70 7 700 3178 4.5 2.7 88 1.8 3.5 138 16 307.4 308.7 291.0 327.7 6.63 8 650 3780 1.8 -0.3 86 2.1 0.7 146 14 311.0 312.1 291.4 328.9 5.76 9 600 4422 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.0 -2.9 140 12 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.0 4.77 10 550 5109 -6.4 -7.7 91 1.3 -7.0 123 4 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.0 3.90 11 500 5849 -10.2 -10.9 95 0.6 -10.5 217 6 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.6 3.34 12 450 6656 -14.0 -14.5 96 0.5 -14.2 176 21 325.6 326.1 293.0 334.9 2.76 13 400 7541 -19.7 -19.7 100 0.0 -19.7 169 27 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.4 2.01 14 350 8519 -26.7 -26.7 100 -0.0 -26.7 173 27 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.2 1.23 15 300 9611 -35.4 -35.4 100 -0.0 -35.4 171 28 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.63 16 250 10853 -45.6 -45.6 100 -0.0 -45.6 177 41 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.3 0.26 17 200 12304 -55.0 -61.8 42 6.8 -55.2 211 32 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14106 -62.5 -77.3 12 14.8 -62.6 251 10 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16555 -68.6 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.7 318 8 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.79 m Freezing level: 625.70 mb = 4092.02 m = 13425.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.38 mb = 3899.60 m = 12793.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.50 mb = 340.81 m = 1118.13 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.45 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 1032.82 m = 3388.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.32 C = 73.97 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 6.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: 26.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6785.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.14 mb = 734.40 m = 2409.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.1 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 138.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: -15.0 tot: 112.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 11.19 m/s