MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-82.17 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -82.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 562 SFC 932 720 13.8 12.9 95 0.8 13.3 160 2 292.7 294.5 289.2 321.4 10.08 3 900 1019 13.8 11.8 88 2.0 12.6 176 9 295.7 297.4 289.9 323.7 9.70 4 850 1499 11.0 9.0 88 2.0 9.8 189 24 297.6 299.2 289.5 322.4 8.50 5 800 2004 8.9 5.7 80 3.2 7.1 216 31 300.7 302.0 289.4 322.1 7.22 6 750 2536 5.5 2.8 83 2.6 4.1 231 33 302.5 303.7 289.2 321.3 6.27 7 700 3097 1.9 -0.8 83 2.6 0.5 235 41 304.5 305.5 288.8 320.3 5.17 8 650 3691 -1.7 -8.9 58 7.2 -4.7 238 48 307.0 307.6 287.6 316.4 3.00 9 600 4324 -5.5 -16.6 41 11.1 -9.1 239 55 309.8 310.1 287.2 315.5 1.75 10 550 5000 -10.4 -19.4 48 8.9 -13.1 236 57 311.7 312.0 287.6 316.6 1.50 11 500 5726 -15.4 -23.7 49 8.3 -17.4 234 56 314.3 314.5 288.1 318.1 1.13 12 450 6514 -20.8 -31.8 37 11.0 -22.8 235 57 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.2 0.59 13 400 7371 -27.5 -31.9 66 4.4 -28.2 225 57 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.66 14 350 8320 -33.6 -35.7 81 2.2 -33.8 208 56 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.4 0.52 15 300 9385 -41.1 -41.2 99 0.1 -41.1 196 59 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 16 250 10597 -51.1 -51.4 97 0.3 -51.1 197 70 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 17 200 12022 -55.8 -67.2 23 11.4 -56.0 233 68 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13853 -55.9 -79.7 4 23.8 -56.2 267 59 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16386 -62.1 -84.0 4 21.9 -62.3 256 35 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.71 m Freezing level: 673.95 mb = 3406.47 m = 11175.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.75 mb = 3157.18 m = 10358.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.42 % Est. max temperature: 22.20 C = 71.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.80 mb = 825.87 m = 2709.50 ft T: 13.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1875.21 m = 6152.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.82 C = 69.47 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.54 mb = 1425.23 m = 4675.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.54 mb = 4553.12 m = 14937.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.54 mb = 7505.09 m = 24622.69 ft B at Equ Level: 51.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 342.54 mb = 8468.88 m = 27784.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 385.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 201.22 m/s