MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 12Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 34.05,-82.41 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -82.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 999 152 16.7 14.7 88 2.0 15.5 315 2 289.9 291.8 288.6 319.8 10.61 2 950 582 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.7 253 5 296.0 298.0 290.8 326.9 10.71 3 900 1046 16.9 11.3 70 5.6 13.4 263 6 298.9 300.6 290.6 326.3 9.36 4 850 1531 14.3 9.3 72 4.9 11.3 295 11 301.1 302.7 290.8 326.8 8.71 5 800 2041 11.3 7.8 79 3.6 9.2 298 17 303.2 304.8 291.2 328.1 8.32 6 750 2578 8.4 4.2 75 4.3 6.1 291 15 305.7 307.0 290.7 326.7 6.91 7 700 3146 5.0 1.6 78 3.4 3.2 262 16 308.1 309.2 290.9 326.9 6.15 8 650 3747 1.4 -2.9 73 4.3 -0.7 251 16 310.5 311.4 290.4 325.4 4.74 9 600 4388 -2.1 -5.5 78 3.4 -3.7 258 18 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.22 10 550 5075 -5.9 -11.2 66 5.3 -8.0 265 26 317.1 317.7 290.8 326.8 2.95 11 500 5816 -10.0 -14.2 72 4.2 -11.6 265 30 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.3 2.55 12 450 6621 -15.3 -18.4 77 3.1 -16.3 266 34 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.8 2.00 13 400 7500 -21.1 -25.8 66 4.7 -22.2 265 39 327.6 327.8 292.2 331.7 1.16 14 350 8472 -28.1 -36.0 47 7.9 -29.3 258 47 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.8 0.51 15 300 9557 -37.5 -43.3 55 5.8 -38.0 255 56 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.28 16 250 10786 -47.7 -53.1 54 5.4 -47.9 250 59 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12229 -56.2 -65.6 30 9.4 -56.3 255 64 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14031 -63.0 -76.9 14 13.9 -63.1 259 48 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -68.5 -82.4 12 13.9 -68.6 249 27 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.95 m Freezing level: 630.38 mb = 3998.79 m = 13119.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.45 mb = 3630.24 m = 11910.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.31 mb = 400.81 m = 1314.98 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2151.80 m = 7059.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6865.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.75 mb = 1133.44 m = 3718.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 298.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -9.3 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 22.05 m/s