MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 34.07,-82.1 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -82.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 17.7 16.2 91 1.5 16.8 50 5 290.6 292.6 289.8 323.4 11.64 1 1000 191 17.9 16.1 89 1.8 16.8 53 8 291.1 293.1 289.9 323.9 11.61 2 950 631 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 16.0 87 18 295.2 297.3 291.0 327.7 11.30 3 900 1093 15.5 12.6 83 2.8 13.7 105 16 297.4 299.3 290.9 327.2 10.26 4 850 1576 12.5 11.8 96 0.7 12.0 121 14 299.2 301.1 291.5 329.2 10.27 5 800 2084 10.4 9.0 91 1.4 9.6 134 13 302.3 303.9 291.5 329.1 9.05 6 750 2620 7.6 6.4 92 1.2 6.9 143 12 304.9 306.4 291.5 329.2 8.09 7 700 3187 5.2 2.8 84 2.5 3.9 170 10 308.3 309.5 291.4 328.8 6.69 8 650 3790 2.2 -1.6 76 3.7 0.3 177 9 311.4 312.4 291.1 327.8 5.25 9 600 4433 -1.5 -7.3 65 5.8 -4.1 203 5 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.2 3.69 10 550 5120 -5.6 -9.5 74 3.8 -7.2 254 7 317.4 318.0 291.3 328.4 3.40 11 500 5862 -9.8 -21.3 39 11.5 -13.3 258 10 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.9 1.40 12 450 6666 -15.7 -30.9 26 15.2 -19.0 257 14 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.64 13 400 7544 -20.7 -45.4 9 24.7 -23.9 254 24 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.17 14 350 8517 -28.1 -47.9 13 19.9 -30.0 262 30 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.14 15 300 9607 -34.9 -49.1 22 14.1 -36.1 258 54 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.15 16 250 10857 -43.9 -44.6 92 0.8 -43.9 249 75 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.0 0.29 17 200 12319 -53.8 -69.0 14 15.2 -54.1 254 63 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14124 -63.2 -77.8 12 14.6 -63.3 256 50 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16563 -69.5 -82.6 13 13.1 -69.5 288 11 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.13 m Freezing level: 620.43 mb = 4170.15 m = 13681.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.07 mb = 3826.40 m = 12553.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.99 mb = 346.97 m = 1138.34 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 2.96 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1443.24 m = 4734.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6149.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.47 mb = 928.64 m = 3046.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.8 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 179.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 26.72 m/s