MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 34.12,-81.97 Latitude: 34.12 Longitude: -81.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 14.1 13.1 93 1.0 13.5 61 5 287.1 288.8 286.6 313.6 9.49 1 1000 179 13.8 12.9 94 0.9 13.3 64 6 287.0 288.6 286.5 313.2 9.40 2 950 611 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 133 10 291.6 293.5 289.4 322.1 10.76 3 900 1070 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 182 16 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.7 11.75 4 850 1554 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 211 16 300.1 302.0 291.7 330.2 10.25 5 800 2064 11.2 8.9 85 2.4 9.8 229 17 303.1 304.8 291.7 329.8 8.95 6 750 2599 7.0 5.9 93 1.1 6.3 232 16 304.1 305.6 291.0 327.5 7.79 7 700 3164 4.1 2.5 89 1.6 3.2 238 16 307.0 308.3 290.9 327.1 6.57 8 650 3766 2.1 -3.8 65 5.9 -0.7 240 23 311.4 312.2 290.4 325.4 4.46 9 600 4409 -0.5 -12.4 40 11.9 -5.3 249 27 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.6 2.46 10 550 5100 -3.4 -17.6 32 14.2 -8.4 257 30 320.0 320.4 290.6 325.9 1.75 11 500 5848 -7.8 -13.0 66 5.2 -9.8 264 33 323.5 324.1 292.5 333.0 2.82 12 450 6660 -12.2 -16.1 73 3.9 -13.6 271 39 327.9 328.4 293.4 336.2 2.43 13 400 7552 -17.6 -20.8 76 3.3 -18.6 276 38 332.2 332.5 294.0 338.6 1.82 14 350 8540 -24.0 -30.1 57 6.1 -25.3 276 44 336.4 336.6 294.3 339.7 0.89 15 300 9644 -33.2 -36.8 70 3.6 -33.7 288 47 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.6 0.54 16 250 10896 -44.2 -49.8 53 5.7 -44.5 305 49 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.16 17 200 12350 -55.8 -59.8 61 4.0 -55.9 313 75 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14143 -66.2 -75.3 27 9.0 -66.2 309 81 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16528 -74.1 -82.7 26 8.5 -74.2 303 49 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.71 m Freezing level: 609.80 mb = 4282.62 m = 14050.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.01 mb = 3654.02 m = 11988.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.83 mb = 290.89 m = 954.35 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.43 C/km ThetaE index: 7.11 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 179.23 m = 588.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.98 C = 58.96 F Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lifted Index: 7.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 31.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7724.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.56 mb = 633.17 m = 2077.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 95.42 m/s