MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 34.07,-82.39 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -82.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 156 24.5 17.5 65 7.1 19.7 36 6 297.4 299.7 292.8 334.0 12.61 1 1000 179 24.4 16.7 62 7.7 19.2 39 8 297.6 299.7 292.4 332.6 12.08 2 950 626 20.6 15.2 71 5.4 17.0 57 13 298.1 300.2 292.1 331.4 11.47 3 900 1091 16.6 14.0 85 2.5 14.9 78 14 298.6 300.6 292.1 331.4 11.27 4 850 1576 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.4 107 13 300.2 302.1 291.8 330.3 10.24 5 800 2085 11.6 7.5 76 4.1 9.2 119 7 303.5 305.0 291.2 328.0 8.18 6 750 2623 9.1 -0.7 50 9.8 4.1 117 3 306.4 307.3 289.1 321.3 4.84 7 700 3192 6.0 0.7 69 5.3 3.2 41 1 309.1 310.2 290.8 326.9 5.74 8 650 3796 2.6 2.0 96 0.6 2.3 221 1 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.2 6.84 9 600 4440 -0.5 -3.2 82 2.7 -1.8 229 5 315.6 316.6 292.2 331.7 5.05 10 550 5131 -4.3 -6.5 85 2.1 -5.3 261 8 318.9 319.8 292.5 332.8 4.29 11 500 5878 -8.0 -12.6 70 4.6 -9.8 255 14 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.1 2.92 12 450 6690 -12.6 -22.2 45 9.6 -15.4 249 21 327.4 327.6 292.4 332.4 1.43 13 400 7579 -18.4 -19.5 91 1.1 -18.8 241 29 331.0 331.5 293.9 338.2 2.04 14 350 8563 -25.0 -25.2 98 0.2 -25.1 235 35 335.0 335.3 294.3 340.1 1.41 15 300 9665 -33.1 -33.5 96 0.4 -33.1 239 47 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.6 0.75 16 250 10921 -43.2 -45.9 74 2.7 -43.4 243 49 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.9 0.25 17 200 12385 -54.5 -66.8 21 12.3 -54.7 240 43 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 14178 -65.3 -76.0 21 10.7 -65.4 244 33 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16597 -71.3 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.3 228 12 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.57 m Freezing level: 607.36 mb = 4345.30 m = 14256.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.90 mb = 4151.44 m = 13620.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.28 mb = 1049.89 m = 3444.48 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1538.69 m = 5048.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 27.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4603.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.43 mb = 1286.83 m = 4221.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 156.4 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -22.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -9.8 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 17.02 m/s