MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 35.77,-63.16 Latitude: 35.77 Longitude: -63.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -280 SFC 969 -0 25.8 23.5 87 2.3 24.2 184 63 301.7 305.2 298.4 358.3 19.18 2 950 173 23.9 22.1 89 1.8 22.6 192 83 301.5 304.7 297.5 354.1 17.87 3 900 645 20.6 20.5 99 0.1 20.5 199 91 302.7 305.8 297.3 353.3 17.08 4 850 1139 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 205 92 305.6 308.6 297.3 353.1 15.84 5 800 1659 16.7 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 212 92 308.9 311.6 297.0 351.7 14.10 6 750 2209 14.6 12.9 89 1.7 13.5 214 88 312.5 314.9 296.9 351.3 12.60 7 700 2791 12.2 10.3 88 1.9 10.9 216 91 316.0 318.1 296.9 351.3 11.31 8 650 3411 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.8 219 91 319.7 321.5 296.7 350.3 9.64 9 600 4073 6.4 3.6 82 2.9 4.7 221 90 323.5 325.2 296.7 350.3 8.27 10 550 4783 2.3 0.9 91 1.4 1.5 220 90 326.8 328.3 296.9 351.3 7.46 11 500 5549 -1.5 -3.0 89 1.5 -2.3 222 88 331.2 332.5 297.0 351.8 6.14 12 450 6383 -5.0 -7.4 83 2.4 -6.2 225 87 336.9 337.9 297.4 353.8 4.87 13 400 7303 -9.5 -13.4 73 3.9 -11.2 225 86 342.6 343.3 297.7 354.7 3.39 14 350 8324 -15.2 -20.0 67 4.8 -16.9 224 76 348.3 348.7 298.0 356.6 2.24 15 300 9469 -23.6 -26.5 77 2.8 -24.4 226 64 352.1 352.4 298.2 357.7 1.47 16 250 10777 -32.7 -36.6 68 3.9 -33.4 240 53 357.4 357.6 298.7 360.1 0.66 17 200 12307 -45.6 -51.2 53 5.6 -46.0 243 45 360.6 360.6 299.0 361.3 0.17 18 150 14153 -61.1 -69.5 32 8.4 -61.2 250 39 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.02 19 100 16580 -73.8 -80.2 36 6.5 -73.8 267 28 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.69 m Freezing level: 519.76 mb = 5246.15 m = 17211.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 530.51 mb = 5072.84 m = 16642.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.68 mb = 287.13 m = 942.03 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 599.66 m = 1967.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 36.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 554.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.42 mb = 583.00 m = 1912.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.42 mb = 631.27 m = 2071.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.42 mb = 1432.73 m = 4700.51 ft B at Equ Level: 13.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 711.42 mb = 2654.53 m = 8709.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 89.5 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 67.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 901.3 neg: -8.9 tot: 892.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 297.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 142.44 m/s