MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-83.98 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 114 SFC 978 309 20.0 17.8 87 2.2 18.5 230 8 295.1 297.5 292.6 333.1 13.24 2 950 555 17.5 16.5 93 1.1 16.8 237 17 295.0 297.2 291.9 330.8 12.50 3 900 1016 15.2 13.3 89 1.9 14.0 259 25 297.1 299.1 291.2 328.2 10.72 4 850 1499 12.1 10.7 91 1.4 11.2 270 28 298.8 300.5 290.7 326.7 9.53 5 800 2005 8.7 6.7 88 1.9 7.6 273 33 300.4 301.8 289.8 323.3 7.74 6 750 2538 8.3 -6.4 35 14.7 1.7 272 40 305.6 306.2 287.2 315.4 3.15 7 700 3108 7.7 -36.6 3 44.2 -3.2 277 48 311.0 311.0 286.0 311.8 0.24 8 650 3713 4.0 -33.2 5 37.2 -5.5 277 53 313.5 313.5 287.0 314.7 0.36 9 600 4357 -0.4 -27.4 11 27.0 -7.9 277 55 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.67 10 550 5047 -4.6 -34.7 7 30.1 -11.3 279 60 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.36 11 500 5789 -9.9 -44.9 4 35.0 -15.5 277 61 321.0 321.1 289.2 321.6 0.14 12 450 6591 -16.7 -43.2 8 26.4 -20.6 277 63 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.19 13 400 7461 -24.7 -40.3 22 15.6 -26.8 278 67 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.28 14 350 8416 -32.1 -50.6 14 18.5 -33.6 277 74 325.4 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.10 15 300 9493 -37.9 -57.8 11 19.9 -38.9 241 64 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.05 16 250 10727 -45.3 -61.5 14 16.3 -45.9 243 73 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12195 -52.5 -68.3 13 15.8 -52.8 240 75 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14012 -60.6 -77.9 9 17.3 -60.8 260 65 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16487 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.8 -67.8 252 38 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.21 m Freezing level: 604.54 mb = 4298.69 m = 14103.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.93 mb = 2728.08 m = 8950.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.29 mb = 588.36 m = 1930.29 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1141.74 m = 3745.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.50 C = 72.49 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: -11.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 245.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.69 mb = 962.35 m = 3157.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.69 mb = 1492.24 m = 4895.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 770.69 mb = 2313.18 m = 7589.07 ft B at Equ Level: 26.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 720.69 mb = 2867.07 m = 9406.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 276.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 143.98 m/s