MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 34.84,-78.03 Latitude: 34.84 Longitude: -78.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 29 22.4 21.1 93 1.2 21.5 76 8 295.2 298.0 294.5 340.8 15.91 1 1000 65 22.9 20.8 88 2.1 21.5 81 12 296.1 298.9 294.6 341.2 15.67 2 950 514 22.1 18.5 80 3.6 19.6 109 25 299.6 302.2 294.6 341.2 14.25 3 900 982 18.5 16.4 87 2.2 17.1 113 26 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.1 13.13 4 850 1471 15.8 14.4 92 1.3 14.9 118 27 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.9 12.25 5 800 1985 13.3 11.5 89 1.8 12.1 124 28 305.4 307.3 293.7 337.5 10.73 6 750 2527 10.8 5.3 69 5.5 7.6 130 28 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.1 7.46 7 700 3099 7.7 -1.0 54 8.7 3.2 134 29 311.0 311.9 290.8 326.9 5.08 8 650 3706 4.2 -4.2 54 8.5 0.1 139 28 313.8 314.6 291.0 327.4 4.30 9 600 4354 0.8 -6.7 57 7.6 -2.7 147 26 317.1 317.8 291.6 329.5 3.84 10 550 5048 -3.4 -10.9 56 7.5 -6.5 149 24 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.0 3.02 11 500 5795 -7.7 -14.8 57 7.1 -10.4 146 22 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.8 2.42 12 450 6608 -11.8 -17.0 65 5.2 -13.6 143 19 328.4 328.8 293.3 336.1 2.24 13 400 7502 -16.8 -17.8 92 1.0 -17.1 136 14 333.2 333.7 294.7 341.5 2.36 14 350 8494 -23.0 -23.6 95 0.5 -23.2 140 11 337.7 338.1 295.2 343.6 1.64 15 300 9605 -30.9 -31.9 91 1.0 -31.1 190 7 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.1 0.88 16 250 10872 -40.9 -42.0 89 1.2 -41.0 272 11 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.8 0.38 17 200 12366 -48.9 -68.6 8 19.7 -49.4 238 9 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 18 150 14197 -61.5 -77.2 11 15.7 -61.7 213 15 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16638 -71.3 -81.7 20 10.4 -71.4 217 11 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.23 m Freezing level: 590.22 mb = 4489.54 m = 14729.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.58 mb = 3724.10 m = 12218.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.56 mb = 183.44 m = 601.83 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 14.37 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1165.97 m = 3825.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.59 mb = 842.75 m = 2764.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.59 mb = 2755.85 m = 9041.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 419.59 mb = 7139.48 m = 23423.19 ft B at Equ Level: 136.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.59 mb = 9614.60 m = 31543.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 162.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 5.10 Bulk Shear: 27.04 m/s