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: 34.07,-81.76 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -81.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 91 SFC 993 152 18.0 17.4 96 0.6 17.7 26 13 291.8 294.0 291.0 327.7 12.70 2 950 530 15.8 15.8 100 -0.0 15.8 32 32 293.2 295.4 290.9 327.3 11.98 3 900 989 14.0 13.9 100 0.1 14.0 51 44 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.1 11.16 4 850 1472 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 68 46 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.2 10.79 5 800 1981 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 73 33 303.5 305.5 293.1 335.3 10.67 6 750 2521 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.8 75 19 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.1 10.16 7 700 3093 7.3 6.2 93 1.1 6.6 44 13 310.5 312.1 293.5 336.7 8.51 8 650 3701 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 50 15 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.7 7.37 9 600 4347 0.2 0.2 100 0.0 0.2 81 15 316.4 317.6 293.5 336.9 6.47 10 550 5042 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 115 12 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.2 5.63 11 500 5795 -6.2 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.4 131 10 325.5 326.4 294.6 340.9 4.64 12 450 6613 -10.4 -11.1 95 0.6 -10.7 145 12 330.1 330.9 295.0 342.6 3.66 13 400 7511 -15.8 -16.2 97 0.3 -16.0 150 13 334.4 334.9 295.3 343.9 2.70 14 350 8503 -23.7 -25.9 81 2.3 -24.2 163 11 336.9 337.1 294.7 341.7 1.32 15 300 9616 -29.3 -62.1 3 32.8 -31.6 251 15 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 16 250 10895 -37.9 -68.2 3 30.3 -39.2 249 24 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 17 200 12395 -48.1 -72.6 4 24.5 -48.6 235 32 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 18 150 14232 -63.0 -67.9 51 5.0 -63.1 217 37 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.03 19 100 16644 -71.6 -82.6 18 10.9 -71.7 255 13 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.85 m Freezing level: 596.24 mb = 4399.46 m = 14433.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.66 mb = 4391.77 m = 14408.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.00 mb = 229.02 m = 751.38 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 2.42 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 592.77 m = 1944.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.85 C = 67.73 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.95 mb = 620.00 m = 2034.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.95 mb = 665.26 m = 2182.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 924.95 mb = 756.50 m = 2481.94 ft B at Equ Level: 17.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.95 mb = 1621.73 m = 5320.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.1 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 97.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.5 neg: -44.3 tot: 297.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 27.34 m/s