MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-82.31 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -82.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 993 146 17.4 16.8 96 0.6 17.0 41 10 291.1 293.3 290.5 325.6 12.22 2 950 528 15.1 15.1 100 0.0 15.1 49 28 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.9 11.42 3 900 985 13.5 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 72 36 295.4 297.3 290.6 326.3 10.74 4 850 1468 13.3 13.3 100 -0.0 13.4 107 31 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.6 11.40 5 800 1979 12.1 12.1 100 0.0 12.1 141 12 304.0 306.1 293.6 337.2 11.14 6 750 2519 9.5 9.4 99 0.2 9.4 120 3 306.9 308.8 293.5 336.8 9.89 7 700 3090 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.7 237 2 310.1 311.8 293.6 336.9 8.75 8 650 3697 3.7 3.5 99 0.2 3.5 26 2 313.1 314.5 293.5 336.7 7.59 9 600 4343 -0.3 -1.5 91 1.3 -0.9 10 4 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.9 5.71 10 550 5039 -1.5 -16.0 32 14.5 -7.0 258 15 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.99 11 500 5790 -7.1 -18.3 40 11.3 -10.9 267 14 324.4 324.7 291.9 330.6 1.80 12 450 6602 -13.4 -18.7 64 5.3 -15.1 306 8 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.1 1.94 13 400 7488 -19.8 -22.6 78 2.8 -20.5 0 7 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.8 1.56 14 350 8463 -27.9 -30.1 82 2.2 -28.3 1 11 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.4 0.90 15 300 9548 -37.3 -39.7 78 2.5 -37.5 351 9 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.40 16 250 10781 -45.2 -52.4 44 7.2 -45.6 309 12 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.12 17 200 12270 -47.2 -74.9 3 27.7 -47.9 267 34 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 14115 -60.7 -78.6 8 17.8 -60.9 270 29 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16578 -68.6 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.7 273 15 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.36 m Freezing level: 603.37 mb = 4299.91 m = 14107.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.30 mb = 4205.96 m = 13798.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.22 mb = 217.05 m = 712.10 ft T: 16.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.64 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.09 mb = 562.48 m = 1845.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.03 C = 66.25 F Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lifted Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.28 mb = 614.66 m = 2016.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 935.28 mb = 659.79 m = 2164.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 925.28 mb = 750.79 m = 2463.18 ft B at Equ Level: 18.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 855.28 mb = 1415.61 m = 4644.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.7 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 108.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 347.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 12.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 19.42 m/s