MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 34.03,-82.1 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -82.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 154 28.2 16.6 49 11.6 20.3 29 5 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.96 1 1000 156 27.1 16.0 51 11.1 19.6 30 5 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.0 11.51 2 950 606 22.2 14.8 63 7.4 17.3 30 7 299.7 301.8 292.4 332.5 11.21 3 900 1073 17.7 13.7 77 4.0 15.1 30 6 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.1 11.03 4 850 1559 13.3 12.4 94 0.9 12.7 28 6 300.1 302.0 292.2 331.6 10.73 5 800 2068 12.0 3.9 57 8.2 7.5 26 6 304.0 305.2 289.7 323.0 6.31 6 750 2606 9.5 -0.8 49 10.3 4.2 30 6 306.9 307.8 289.3 321.8 4.83 7 700 3175 6.2 -0.2 64 6.3 2.8 355 3 309.3 310.3 290.6 326.0 5.40 8 650 3779 2.7 -3.0 66 5.7 -0.1 277 5 312.0 312.9 290.8 326.9 4.72 9 600 4423 -0.8 -8.9 54 8.1 -4.3 268 9 315.2 315.9 290.5 325.7 3.25 10 550 5113 -4.2 -18.2 33 14.0 -9.0 274 11 319.0 319.4 290.2 324.6 1.65 11 500 5858 -8.6 -19.8 40 11.2 -12.2 285 15 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.0 1.59 12 450 6666 -13.9 -32.6 19 18.8 -17.9 284 14 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.55 13 400 7552 -18.2 -49.8 4 31.5 -22.2 317 8 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 14 350 8534 -26.2 -53.6 6 27.4 -28.7 320 9 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 15 300 9627 -35.0 -57.8 8 22.8 -36.4 276 17 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 16 250 10876 -42.9 -64.7 7 21.9 -43.6 265 28 342.3 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.03 17 200 12348 -53.2 -69.4 12 16.1 -53.5 262 38 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14149 -64.2 -77.7 14 13.5 -64.3 259 38 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16567 -72.0 -82.4 20 10.4 -72.1 255 21 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.11 m Freezing level: 611.07 mb = 4280.43 m = 14043.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.66 mb = 3758.27 m = 12330.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.87 mb = 1609.57 m = 5280.67 ft T: 13.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1817.27 m = 5962.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4935.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.57 mb = 1553.01 m = 5095.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 342.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 9.04 m/s