MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 31.03,-76.72 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -76.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 25.4 18.8 67 6.6 20.9 46 19 297.2 299.6 293.4 336.4 13.58 1 1000 142 23.7 16.4 64 7.3 18.8 47 22 296.8 298.9 292.0 331.0 11.81 2 950 587 19.4 15.5 78 3.9 16.8 47 22 296.8 299.0 291.9 330.7 11.72 3 900 1050 15.1 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 47 21 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.8 11.65 4 850 1533 13.4 9.6 78 3.8 11.1 62 17 300.2 301.8 290.6 326.2 8.84 5 800 2043 11.7 6.0 68 5.7 8.4 77 16 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.7 7.35 6 750 2581 9.2 5.4 77 3.8 7.0 72 14 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.3 7.51 7 700 3151 6.8 1.0 66 5.8 3.7 66 13 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.3 5.89 8 650 3757 3.7 -3.9 57 7.7 -0.0 66 13 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.1 4.39 9 600 4403 0.5 -11.0 42 11.5 -4.3 59 12 316.7 317.2 290.5 325.7 2.75 10 550 5097 -2.7 -19.4 26 16.6 -8.4 54 10 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.0 1.50 11 500 5845 -7.5 -20.5 34 13.0 -11.7 53 11 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.1 1.50 12 450 6659 -11.4 -45.5 4 34.1 -17.0 13 14 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.14 13 400 7552 -17.1 -32.7 24 15.6 -20.4 1 19 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.61 14 350 8539 -24.6 -36.1 33 11.6 -26.5 355 25 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.5 0.50 15 300 9640 -33.3 -40.8 47 7.5 -34.2 351 42 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.8 0.36 16 250 10892 -43.5 -55.0 27 11.5 -44.1 6 48 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.09 17 200 12355 -55.1 -63.2 36 8.1 -55.3 13 51 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 14127 -69.6 -70.5 87 1.0 -69.6 351 46 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 19 100 16526 -70.6 -82.8 15 12.1 -70.7 13 13 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.47 m Freezing level: 592.10 mb = 4512.33 m = 14804.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.52 mb = 3750.14 m = 12303.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.55 mb = 828.73 m = 2718.88 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1190.33 m = 3905.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: 5.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 24.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4513.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.50 mb = 1054.52 m = 3459.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.7 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 88.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -5.3 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 7.83 m/s