MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 36.2,-79.25 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -79.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 995 170 17.7 16.0 90 1.7 16.6 194 9 291.2 293.3 289.9 323.8 11.53 2 950 566 14.3 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 200 23 291.7 293.7 289.5 322.3 10.77 3 900 1022 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.2 222 27 294.4 296.1 289.5 322.6 9.84 4 850 1501 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.8 224 26 296.6 298.2 289.5 322.4 8.90 5 800 2004 8.3 3.8 73 4.5 5.8 224 28 300.0 301.1 288.3 318.6 6.29 6 750 2534 5.2 -6.8 42 11.9 0.0 227 30 302.2 302.8 285.9 311.7 3.07 7 700 3094 1.9 -16.9 23 18.8 -4.5 229 32 304.6 304.9 285.1 309.3 1.46 8 650 3687 -1.6 -20.0 23 18.4 -7.3 235 36 307.1 307.4 285.7 311.1 1.20 9 600 4319 -5.5 -21.5 27 16.0 -10.2 237 36 309.7 310.0 286.6 313.5 1.14 10 550 4995 -10.6 -22.2 38 11.6 -13.7 234 33 311.5 311.7 287.2 315.4 1.17 11 500 5719 -16.6 -22.4 60 5.9 -18.1 240 36 312.8 313.1 287.8 317.0 1.26 12 450 6502 -22.3 -29.1 54 6.8 -23.5 229 49 315.2 315.4 288.1 317.9 0.77 13 400 7356 -28.7 -41.4 28 12.7 -30.0 221 54 317.7 317.8 288.3 318.7 0.25 14 350 8301 -34.2 -39.7 58 5.4 -34.8 207 60 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.35 15 300 9363 -41.7 -45.3 68 3.6 -41.9 197 66 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.22 16 250 10575 -50.1 -56.9 45 6.8 -50.3 213 55 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 17 200 12017 -53.5 -69.8 12 16.3 -53.8 247 50 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 13862 -55.0 -80.1 3 25.1 -55.4 265 48 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16393 -61.2 -84.1 3 22.9 -61.4 272 33 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.16 m Freezing level: 672.92 mb = 3414.83 m = 11203.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.78 mb = 2536.39 m = 8321.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.70 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.31 mb = 385.91 m = 1266.08 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.77 mb = 702.41 m = 2304.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.97 C = 66.15 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 17.46 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.16 mb = 689.80 m = 2263.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.16 mb = 4434.16 m = 14547.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 371.16 mb = 7885.48 m = 25870.67 ft B at Equ Level: 160.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.16 mb = 9561.63 m = 31369.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 151.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.61 Bulk Shear: 44.75 m/s