MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 35.70,-80.21 Latitude: 35.70 Longitude: -80.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 223 5.1 -2.1 60 7.2 2.1 5 3 277.9 278.5 275.0 287.0 3.26 1 1000 260 6.4 -3.0 51 9.4 2.5 11 4 279.6 280.1 275.7 288.1 3.06 2 950 684 9.7 -6.4 32 16.1 3.1 47 4 287.0 287.4 278.7 294.3 2.49 3 900 1131 9.0 -10.7 23 19.8 1.5 70 5 290.8 291.1 279.7 296.4 1.87 4 850 1603 8.5 -17.9 14 26.3 -0.2 73 6 295.0 295.2 280.7 298.5 1.10 5 800 2102 7.3 -22.7 10 30.0 -1.7 58 7 298.9 299.1 282.0 301.4 0.77 6 750 2631 5.5 -23.5 10 28.9 -3.1 41 8 302.5 302.6 283.4 305.0 0.77 7 700 3191 2.9 -23.9 12 26.9 -4.9 29 8 305.7 305.9 284.7 308.4 0.79 8 650 3787 -0.2 -23.6 15 23.5 -7.0 15 6 308.8 309.0 285.9 311.7 0.88 9 600 4423 -3.5 -21.9 22 18.5 -8.9 349 4 312.1 312.3 287.3 315.8 1.10 10 550 5105 -8.0 -23.0 29 15.0 -12.2 319 3 314.6 314.8 288.2 318.3 1.09 11 500 5838 -13.1 -32.0 19 18.9 -17.0 281 5 317.1 317.2 288.4 318.9 0.52 12 450 6631 -19.0 -40.0 14 21.0 -22.1 271 8 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.26 13 400 7495 -26.2 -44.5 16 18.3 -28.1 256 11 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.18 14 350 8445 -34.3 -47.8 24 13.5 -35.4 249 11 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.14 15 300 9502 -43.0 -55.6 24 12.6 -43.5 242 15 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.07 16 250 10708 -51.6 -62.4 26 10.8 -51.8 244 22 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.03 17 200 12133 -57.5 -67.4 27 9.9 -57.6 250 35 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 18 150 13938 -59.9 -79.6 6 19.7 -60.1 252 40 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16427 -65.5 -83.4 7 18.0 -65.6 261 24 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.47 m Freezing level: 652.47 mb = 3757.78 m = 12328.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 856.10 mb = 1544.29 m = 5066.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.07 % Est. max temperature: 21.84 C = 71.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.87 mb = 1141.66 m = 3745.56 ft T: 9.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1004.5- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 485.94 mb = 6052.89 m = 19858.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.97 C = 112.95 F Cap Strength: 20.07 C Lifted Index: 20.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.64 C Showalter Index: 16.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: -4.80 C K Index: -23.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 17.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16393.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.23 mb = 2530.69 m = 8302.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.7 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 52.7 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -5.9 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 79.01 Bulk Shear: 0.55 m/s