MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 34.03,-82.31 Latitude: 34.03 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 151 20.3 11.1 56 9.2 14.7 63 9 292.8 294.3 287.6 316.5 8.26 1 1000 211 18.5 10.1 58 8.4 13.6 65 12 291.7 293.1 286.7 313.9 7.79 2 950 648 14.1 9.2 72 4.9 11.2 69 15 291.5 292.8 286.5 313.4 7.68 3 900 1101 10.0 8.5 90 1.5 9.2 78 15 291.8 293.2 286.7 313.9 7.75 4 850 1577 9.7 6.8 82 2.9 8.0 118 16 296.3 297.6 287.9 317.6 7.31 5 800 2079 8.4 3.8 72 4.7 5.9 145 8 300.1 301.3 288.3 318.8 6.28 6 750 2612 6.5 1.8 72 4.7 4.0 171 4 303.6 304.7 289.1 321.2 5.83 7 700 3176 4.1 -1.5 67 5.6 1.3 159 5 307.1 308.0 289.4 322.2 4.91 8 650 3776 1.4 -5.8 59 7.2 -1.9 151 4 310.6 311.3 289.5 322.6 3.82 9 600 4416 -2.3 -8.6 62 6.3 -5.0 160 3 313.5 314.1 290.0 324.2 3.34 10 550 5102 -6.5 -12.8 61 6.3 -8.9 176 8 316.4 316.9 290.3 325.0 2.60 11 500 5840 -11.2 -17.3 61 6.1 -13.2 172 8 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.9 1.96 12 450 6640 -17.3 -20.1 79 2.8 -18.1 188 8 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.3 1.71 13 400 7514 -22.4 -22.6 98 0.2 -22.5 233 21 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.2 1.55 14 350 8480 -29.8 -29.8 100 -0.0 -29.7 234 24 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.9 0.92 15 300 9558 -39.0 -39.0 100 -0.0 -39.0 225 31 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.44 16 250 10782 -48.1 -49.6 84 1.6 -48.1 236 43 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.16 17 200 12228 -55.1 -66.9 22 11.8 -55.4 238 63 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 14036 -61.6 -77.3 11 15.7 -61.7 231 38 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16516 -66.2 -83.1 8 16.8 -66.4 221 18 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.82 m Freezing level: 630.89 mb = 4020.53 m = 13190.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.69 mb = 3414.03 m = 11200.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.28 % Est. max temperature: 23.11 C = 73.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.09 mb = 1296.62 m = 4253.96 ft T: 9.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2888.70 m = 9477.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Cap Strength: 8.24 C Lifted Index: 8.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.45 C Showalter Index: 6.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.96 C Cross Totals Index: 18.05 C K Index: 22.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10546.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.66 mb = 1272.34 m = 4174.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.7 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 157.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 18.27 m/s