MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 32.12,-81.25 Latitude: 32.12 Longitude: -81.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 18 19.7 18.9 95 0.8 19.2 357 11 292.4 294.9 292.2 331.6 13.81 1 1000 55 19.7 18.5 93 1.1 18.9 359 16 292.8 295.2 292.1 331.3 13.56 2 950 495 16.9 16.9 100 -0.0 16.9 10 30 294.3 296.6 292.0 331.1 12.85 3 900 957 15.7 15.6 100 0.1 15.7 38 41 297.7 299.9 292.8 333.9 12.50 4 850 1444 15.8 15.7 100 0.1 15.7 59 40 302.7 305.1 294.8 342.1 13.32 5 800 1959 13.8 13.1 95 0.8 13.3 50 28 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.6 11.90 6 750 2502 10.9 9.9 93 1.0 10.3 28 20 308.5 310.4 294.3 339.7 10.28 7 700 3076 8.4 6.7 90 1.6 7.3 16 19 311.7 313.4 294.1 339.0 8.85 8 650 3686 4.9 3.9 94 0.9 4.4 14 17 314.5 316.0 294.1 339.0 7.84 9 600 4336 1.4 1.0 97 0.4 1.2 2 13 317.7 319.1 294.2 339.6 6.88 10 550 5034 -1.6 -2.8 91 1.2 -2.3 347 12 322.2 323.3 294.4 340.6 5.65 11 500 5789 -5.2 -11.9 59 6.7 -8.0 325 14 326.7 327.3 293.6 337.1 3.06 12 450 6610 -8.9 -31.1 15 22.2 -14.5 301 19 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.4 0.63 13 400 7513 -13.5 -41.0 8 27.5 -18.6 288 33 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.26 14 350 8516 -20.1 -53.9 3 33.8 -24.1 299 47 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.07 15 300 9638 -29.1 -52.3 9 23.2 -31.3 302 47 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 16 250 10918 -37.5 -64.2 4 26.7 -38.8 259 21 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.03 17 200 12421 -49.0 -53.7 58 4.6 -49.3 170 21 355.1 355.1 297.8 355.7 0.13 18 150 14240 -64.5 -64.9 95 0.4 -64.5 204 28 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.2 0.04 19 100 16649 -71.9 -82.0 20 10.2 -71.9 221 11 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.03 m Freezing level: 576.66 mb = 4661.81 m = 15294.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.76 mb = 4569.88 m = 14992.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.44 mb = 111.13 m = 364.58 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.69 mb = 453.10 m = 1486.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.39 C = 70.50 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 35.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.08 mb = 503.66 m = 1652.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 944.08 mb = 548.71 m = 1800.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 934.08 mb = 639.53 m = 2098.17 ft B at Equ Level: 18.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 864.08 mb = 1303.74 m = 4277.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.1 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 53.1 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.8 neg: -57.8 tot: 234.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.23 Bulk Shear: 5.64 m/s