MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 34.03,-81.92 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -81.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 25.7 15.3 53 10.4 18.8 72 9 298.5 300.5 291.8 330.4 10.95 1 1000 193 24.7 14.4 53 10.3 18.0 74 13 297.9 299.7 291.2 328.0 10.37 2 950 639 20.2 13.3 64 6.9 15.8 78 17 297.7 299.5 290.9 327.2 10.14 3 900 1103 15.8 12.4 80 3.4 13.7 82 17 297.8 299.6 290.9 327.2 10.10 4 850 1585 11.7 11.0 95 0.7 11.3 88 17 298.4 300.2 290.8 326.8 9.73 5 800 2091 9.6 7.8 89 1.8 8.5 110 18 301.4 302.9 290.6 326.1 8.33 6 750 2625 7.0 6.2 94 0.8 6.5 123 14 304.2 305.7 291.2 328.1 7.95 7 700 3191 4.7 0.5 74 4.2 2.5 119 11 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.1 5.67 8 650 3793 3.1 -16.5 22 19.6 -4.1 124 10 312.4 312.7 288.0 317.7 1.61 9 600 4438 -0.3 -10.8 45 10.5 -4.7 147 12 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.9 2.79 10 550 5129 -3.9 -12.8 50 8.9 -7.4 170 14 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.1 2.60 11 500 5875 -8.6 -9.5 93 0.9 -8.9 200 19 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.9 3.74 12 450 6688 -11.7 -13.0 90 1.3 -12.2 231 19 328.5 329.1 294.1 339.1 3.12 13 400 7581 -17.2 -18.7 89 1.4 -17.7 221 20 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.3 2.19 14 350 8569 -24.2 -25.7 87 1.5 -24.5 218 27 336.2 336.5 294.6 341.1 1.35 15 300 9674 -33.1 -34.4 88 1.3 -33.3 223 30 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.4 0.69 16 250 10927 -44.0 -46.1 79 2.2 -44.1 234 43 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.7 0.24 17 200 12382 -56.6 -56.7 98 0.1 -56.6 244 60 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.09 18 150 14161 -64.8 -73.7 28 8.9 -64.9 233 46 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16595 -71.0 -82.2 18 11.2 -71.1 215 16 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.04 m Freezing level: 604.06 mb = 4385.33 m = 14387.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.01 mb = 3414.58 m = 11202.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.36 mb = 1463.26 m = 4800.68 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1583.24 m = 5194.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 27.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5938.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.90 mb = 1507.08 m = 4944.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.2 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 156.2 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: -6.1 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 20.40 m/s