MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 31.93,-79.52 Latitude: 31.93 Longitude: -79.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -108 SFC 988 -0 25.1 24.1 94 1.0 24.4 353 60 299.3 302.9 298.0 356.5 19.53 2 950 342 21.9 21.6 98 0.4 21.7 3 83 299.4 302.6 296.6 350.0 17.31 3 900 812 19.6 19.3 98 0.3 19.4 12 88 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.6 15.89 4 850 1305 17.8 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 20 87 304.8 307.6 296.4 348.9 14.76 5 800 1824 15.7 15.1 96 0.6 15.3 22 77 307.9 310.5 296.4 349.1 13.62 6 750 2372 13.5 12.8 96 0.7 13.0 20 69 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.5 12.51 7 700 2954 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 19 62 315.1 317.3 296.8 350.9 11.51 8 650 3573 8.9 8.0 94 0.9 8.3 16 55 319.1 321.1 297.1 352.1 10.44 9 600 4235 6.2 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 12 48 323.3 325.1 297.3 352.8 9.16 10 550 4946 2.3 1.2 93 1.1 1.7 3 44 326.8 328.3 297.0 351.9 7.65 11 500 5715 -1.1 -3.0 87 1.9 -2.1 350 43 331.7 333.0 297.1 352.4 6.15 12 450 6551 -5.2 -8.7 76 3.5 -6.9 340 42 336.6 337.6 297.0 351.9 4.40 13 400 7467 -11.0 -15.7 69 4.6 -12.9 331 46 340.6 341.2 296.8 350.7 2.82 14 350 8479 -18.1 -22.8 66 4.7 -19.5 324 50 344.4 344.8 296.8 350.9 1.75 15 300 9611 -26.4 -27.4 91 1.0 -26.6 333 43 348.2 348.5 297.3 353.3 1.35 16 250 10904 -35.0 -35.1 99 0.1 -35.0 359 39 354.0 354.2 298.1 357.1 0.77 17 200 12422 -46.7 -47.2 95 0.5 -46.7 9 35 358.8 358.9 298.7 360.0 0.27 18 150 14256 -63.9 -68.4 55 4.4 -64.0 308 19 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16651 -72.9 -80.3 32 7.4 -72.9 193 10 386.9 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.80 m Freezing level: 516.02 mb = 5468.44 m = 17940.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 528.20 mb = 5272.28 m = 17297.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.38 mb = 119.94 m = 393.51 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.51 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 497.14 m = 1631.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.77 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.63 mb = 511.79 m = 1679.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.63 mb = 558.55 m = 1832.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 806.63 mb = 1753.61 m = 5753.24 ft B at Equ Level: 18.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 666.63 mb = 3361.78 m = 11029.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.2 at 62.5 knts Storm direction: 42.2 at 46.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 659.5 neg: -114.7 tot: 544.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 181.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 43.84 m/s