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: 32.05,-81.15 Latitude: 32.05 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 12 19.6 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 356 11 292.1 294.6 291.9 330.8 13.67 1 1000 73 19.4 18.4 94 1.1 18.7 360 18 292.6 294.9 291.9 330.6 13.39 2 950 514 16.7 16.7 100 -0.0 16.7 14 31 294.2 296.4 291.9 330.5 12.72 3 900 975 15.3 14.9 98 0.4 15.1 39 38 297.3 299.4 292.2 331.8 11.93 4 850 1460 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.7 53 31 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.4 12.46 5 800 1974 13.3 13.3 100 0.0 13.3 58 21 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.11 6 750 2517 10.8 10.8 100 0.0 10.7 31 11 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.3 10.88 7 700 3091 8.4 8.2 99 0.1 8.3 356 11 311.7 313.6 294.8 342.0 9.82 8 650 3702 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 357 16 315.1 316.7 294.7 341.5 8.44 9 600 4354 2.4 1.5 94 0.9 1.9 359 9 318.9 320.3 294.7 341.7 7.14 10 550 5054 0.3 -16.4 27 16.6 -6.1 331 7 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.0 1.93 11 500 5813 -3.3 -40.3 4 37.0 -11.3 311 16 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.23 12 450 6638 -7.9 -49.5 2 41.6 -14.8 305 26 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.09 13 400 7545 -12.8 -43.7 6 30.9 -18.3 297 35 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.20 14 350 8546 -21.5 -41.6 15 20.1 -24.6 296 34 339.8 339.9 294.6 340.9 0.29 15 300 9661 -30.6 -45.6 21 15.1 -32.2 286 39 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.21 16 250 10931 -39.6 -59.0 11 19.4 -40.6 274 31 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.05 17 200 12423 -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 -80.4 25 8.9 -71.6 242 14 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.87 m Freezing level: 546.25 mb = 5110.91 m = 16767.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.15 mb = 4514.34 m = 14810.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.87 mb = 108.76 m = 356.82 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.29 C/km ThetaE index: 0.34 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.12 mb = 485.47 m = 1592.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.51 C = 70.72 F Cap Strength: 6.46 C Lifted Index: 7.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 32.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.96 mb = 505.01 m = 1656.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.96 mb = 550.01 m = 1804.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.96 mb = 640.59 m = 2101.66 ft B at Equ Level: 16.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.96 mb = 1302.29 m = 4272.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.6 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 47.6 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.7 neg: -7.9 tot: 220.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.04 Bulk Shear: 5.56 m/s