MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 34.19,-81.73 Latitude: 34.19 Longitude: -81.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 153 25.2 15.4 55 9.8 18.7 249 3 298.2 300.2 291.8 330.3 11.04 1 1000 171 23.8 14.8 57 9.0 17.9 250 3 296.9 298.9 291.0 327.7 10.62 2 950 616 19.2 13.6 70 5.7 15.6 255 5 296.7 298.6 290.7 326.7 10.35 3 900 1080 17.3 10.9 66 6.4 13.3 290 6 299.4 301.0 290.6 326.2 9.13 4 850 1566 14.1 8.9 71 5.2 11.0 332 7 300.9 302.5 290.6 326.0 8.46 5 800 2075 10.6 6.9 78 3.7 8.4 349 6 302.4 303.8 290.5 325.7 7.82 6 750 2610 7.7 2.8 71 4.9 5.0 310 4 304.9 306.0 289.9 323.8 6.23 7 700 3176 5.0 -7.3 41 12.3 -0.4 312 6 308.0 308.6 288.1 318.0 3.16 8 650 3777 2.0 -11.2 37 13.2 -3.3 327 9 311.3 311.7 288.5 319.3 2.50 9 600 4420 -0.5 -19.5 22 19.0 -6.8 307 11 315.6 315.8 288.8 320.1 1.35 10 550 5110 -4.5 -23.4 21 18.9 -10.1 289 15 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.4 1.05 11 500 5853 -8.9 -28.3 19 19.4 -13.8 292 17 322.2 322.4 290.2 324.9 0.74 12 450 6662 -13.9 -33.6 17 19.7 -18.0 292 18 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.6 0.50 13 400 7545 -20.4 -43.5 11 23.1 -23.6 288 23 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.20 14 350 8519 -27.1 -31.4 67 4.3 -27.9 289 26 332.2 332.4 293.1 335.1 0.79 15 300 9613 -35.0 -45.0 35 10.0 -36.0 293 32 336.0 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.23 16 250 10855 -44.5 -56.2 26 11.7 -45.0 309 52 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.08 17 200 12317 -54.6 -65.1 26 10.5 -54.8 302 80 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14117 -64.4 -76.2 19 11.7 -64.6 301 69 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16537 -72.3 -82.9 19 10.6 -72.3 292 35 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.93 m Freezing level: 609.75 mb = 4294.52 m = 14089.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.12 mb = 3128.06 m = 10262.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.31 mb = 1384.67 m = 4542.82 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2050.34 m = 6726.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.78 C K Index: 19.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6475.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.94 mb = 1457.15 m = 4780.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.7 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 332.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 6.54 m/s