MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 32.02,-81.15 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -81.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 19.6 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 355 11 292.1 294.6 292.0 330.9 13.70 1 1000 73 19.4 18.4 94 1.1 18.7 359 18 292.6 295.0 291.9 330.6 13.41 2 950 513 16.7 16.8 100 -0.0 16.8 13 31 294.2 296.5 291.9 330.6 12.74 3 900 974 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.1 38 38 297.4 299.5 292.3 332.0 11.97 4 850 1460 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 53 31 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.6 12.50 5 800 1974 13.3 13.3 100 -0.0 13.3 58 20 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.12 6 750 2516 10.8 10.8 100 0.0 10.7 30 11 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.3 10.89 7 700 3091 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 355 11 311.8 313.6 294.8 342.1 9.86 8 650 3702 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 357 16 315.1 316.7 294.7 341.5 8.45 9 600 4354 2.5 1.7 94 0.8 2.0 1 9 319.0 320.4 294.8 342.0 7.22 10 550 5054 0.3 -16.0 28 16.3 -6.0 332 7 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.3 1.99 11 500 5813 -3.3 -41.1 4 37.8 -11.3 311 17 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.8 0.21 12 450 6638 -7.8 -49.4 2 41.6 -14.8 305 26 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.09 13 400 7545 -12.7 -43.5 6 30.7 -18.2 297 35 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.20 14 350 8546 -21.5 -41.5 15 20.0 -24.6 296 34 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.29 15 300 9662 -30.6 -45.5 22 15.0 -32.2 286 38 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.22 16 250 10932 -39.6 -59.0 11 19.4 -40.6 274 31 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.05 17 200 12424 -50.2 -68.2 10 18.0 -50.6 236 21 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 18 150 14248 -62.7 -64.6 78 1.9 -62.8 174 43 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.2 0.04 19 100 16650 -71.5 -80.5 25 8.9 -71.6 242 14 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.44 m Freezing level: 545.81 mb = 5117.68 m = 16790.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.47 mb = 4523.73 m = 14841.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.03 mb = 106.95 m = 350.88 ft T: 19.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.28 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.12 mb = 485.10 m = 1591.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.54 C = 70.78 F Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lifted Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.72 C Showalter Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.03 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.99 mb = 504.35 m = 1654.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.99 mb = 549.35 m = 1802.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.99 mb = 639.95 m = 2099.55 ft B at Equ Level: 16.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.99 mb = 1301.75 m = 4270.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.8 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 46.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.1 neg: -7.0 tot: 224.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.07 Bulk Shear: 5.55 m/s