MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 33.93,-80.70 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -80.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 11.7 8.1 78 3.7 9.7 37 13 283.5 284.7 282.1 301.9 6.65 1 1000 204 10.9 7.0 77 3.9 8.8 40 24 284.0 285.1 282.0 301.5 6.29 2 950 630 9.5 6.5 82 3.0 7.9 60 40 286.8 287.9 283.3 304.7 6.39 3 900 1080 9.1 5.6 79 3.5 7.2 76 37 290.9 292.0 284.9 309.0 6.35 4 850 1552 7.0 5.5 90 1.6 6.2 90 25 293.5 294.7 286.3 312.8 6.67 5 800 2050 6.5 -2.0 54 8.5 2.5 91 14 298.1 298.9 285.5 310.5 4.13 6 750 2580 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.1 76 4 302.5 303.5 288.4 319.0 5.49 7 700 3140 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 12 4 303.9 305.0 289.0 321.0 5.62 8 650 3734 -0.7 -12.8 40 12.0 -5.3 62 12 308.2 308.6 287.2 315.2 2.20 9 600 4370 -3.3 -22.7 21 19.4 -9.0 73 23 312.3 312.5 287.3 315.7 1.03 10 550 5053 -6.8 -26.5 19 19.7 -12.0 68 10 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.79 11 500 5791 -11.0 -27.2 25 16.2 -15.0 297 7 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.5 0.82 12 450 6592 -16.4 -19.2 79 2.8 -17.3 294 15 322.6 322.9 291.4 328.9 1.86 13 400 7468 -21.7 -28.1 56 6.4 -23.1 280 17 326.7 326.9 291.7 330.1 0.94 14 350 8438 -28.7 -31.6 76 2.9 -29.2 266 15 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.78 15 300 9522 -37.2 -43.2 54 6.0 -37.7 268 10 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.28 16 250 10761 -44.1 -60.5 15 16.3 -44.7 255 35 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 12233 -51.7 -69.8 10 18.2 -52.0 252 47 350.9 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14062 -60.3 -76.7 10 16.4 -60.5 261 34 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16524 -67.9 -82.4 11 14.5 -68.0 286 6 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.62 m Freezing level: 667.59 mb = 3525.23 m = 11565.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.11 mb = 3219.52 m = 10562.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.26 % Est. max temperature: 20.86 C = 69.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.03 mb = 525.87 m = 1725.29 ft T: 9.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 2.29 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.01 mb = 3001.94 m = 9848.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 13.76 C Lifted Index: 15.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.55 C Showalter Index: 9.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.05 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 22.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14020.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.04 mb = 923.89 m = 3031.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.9 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 96.9 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.5 neg: -8.7 tot: 243.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 22.33 m/s