MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 32.75,-80.20 Latitude: 32.75 Longitude: -80.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 10 20.7 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 47 15 292.6 295.1 292.4 332.6 14.09 1 1000 132 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.9 51 24 293.0 295.4 292.0 331.2 13.45 2 950 573 16.7 16.7 100 0.0 16.7 59 32 294.1 296.4 291.8 330.3 12.67 3 900 1033 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 70 34 296.9 298.9 291.7 330.0 11.43 4 850 1517 13.3 12.9 98 0.4 13.0 80 30 300.0 302.1 292.4 332.4 11.05 5 800 2027 11.5 11.3 99 0.2 11.4 93 19 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.8 10.57 6 750 2565 9.0 8.8 99 0.2 8.9 106 10 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.2 9.55 7 700 3135 6.3 4.2 86 2.1 5.1 160 5 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.3 7.41 8 650 3741 3.5 -3.2 62 6.7 0.1 226 8 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.5 4.64 9 600 4386 -0.1 -10.6 45 10.6 -4.5 230 16 316.1 316.6 290.3 325.3 2.84 10 550 5078 -3.9 -15.9 39 12.0 -8.2 222 18 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.2 2.01 11 500 5824 -8.3 -22.2 32 14.0 -12.5 218 19 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.4 1.29 12 450 6633 -13.9 -27.7 30 13.9 -17.3 221 21 325.8 326.0 291.4 328.9 0.87 13 400 7516 -20.2 -33.5 30 13.2 -22.7 224 25 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.8 0.57 14 350 8490 -27.6 -37.5 38 9.9 -29.0 222 21 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.2 0.43 15 300 9581 -35.5 -43.6 43 8.2 -36.2 212 28 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.27 16 250 10829 -42.6 -64.4 7 21.7 -43.4 226 55 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12306 -52.0 -70.6 9 18.6 -52.4 222 70 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14122 -62.5 -78.1 11 15.6 -62.7 229 50 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.01 19 100 16567 -69.1 -82.8 12 13.7 -69.2 303 9 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.17 m Freezing level: 600.78 mb = 4376.39 m = 14358.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.52 mb = 3759.30 m = 12333.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.42 mb = 171.17 m = 561.58 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.49 mb = 531.98 m = 1745.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.74 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 2.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.85 mb = 528.79 m = 1734.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.85 mb = 573.89 m = 1882.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 929.85 mb = 755.10 m = 2477.33 ft B at Equ Level: 12.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 839.85 mb = 1617.71 m = 5307.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 142.2 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.8 neg: -37.0 tot: 144.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 66.36 m/s