MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 31.18,-77.37 Latitude: 31.18 Longitude: -77.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -225 SFC 975 -0 26.4 25.2 93 1.1 25.6 358 44 301.7 305.6 299.5 364.4 21.18 2 950 229 24.0 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 9 58 301.5 305.1 298.4 358.5 19.31 3 900 702 21.3 21.2 99 0.1 21.2 16 59 303.5 306.8 298.0 356.6 17.88 4 850 1198 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.0 20 55 306.3 309.3 297.8 355.6 16.41 5 800 1719 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 24 50 309.6 312.4 297.8 355.4 15.07 6 750 2270 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 24 45 313.2 315.8 297.9 356.0 13.87 7 700 2854 12.9 11.8 93 1.1 12.1 20 40 316.7 319.2 297.9 356.0 12.53 8 650 3476 10.4 9.0 91 1.4 9.5 15 38 320.7 322.9 298.0 356.2 11.16 9 600 4141 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.5 12 37 324.7 326.6 298.0 356.4 9.80 10 550 4854 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.1 12 35 328.5 330.2 298.0 356.3 8.43 11 500 5625 0.3 -1.0 91 1.2 -0.4 12 33 333.4 334.8 298.2 357.5 7.16 12 450 6465 -3.5 -5.1 88 1.6 -4.4 10 30 338.8 340.0 298.5 358.9 5.82 13 400 7388 -8.1 -10.2 85 2.1 -9.1 12 27 344.4 345.3 298.7 360.0 4.40 14 350 8414 -13.6 -16.6 78 3.0 -14.8 18 25 350.4 351.1 299.0 361.4 2.97 15 300 9569 -21.4 -24.9 73 3.5 -22.4 21 26 355.3 355.6 299.1 361.8 1.69 16 250 10884 -32.0 -36.0 67 4.0 -32.7 11 25 358.5 358.7 299.0 361.4 0.71 17 200 12416 -45.0 -46.2 88 1.2 -45.1 356 27 361.6 361.6 299.2 362.8 0.30 18 150 14269 -61.0 -62.1 86 1.2 -61.0 352 31 365.0 365.1 299.7 365.3 0.06 19 100 16677 -76.8 -81.3 49 4.5 -76.8 138 2 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.37 m Freezing level: 496.38 mb = 5685.62 m = 18653.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 506.39 mb = 5522.25 m = 18117.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.53 mb = 141.06 m = 462.80 ft T: 24.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.96 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 532.90 m = 1748.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 37.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.93 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.78 mb = 521.44 m = 1710.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.78 mb = 569.17 m = 1867.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.78 mb = 2114.67 m = 6937.80 ft B at Equ Level: 27.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.78 mb = 5563.94 m = 18254.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.1 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 46.1 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.6 neg: -46.6 tot: 182.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 25.43 m/s