MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 33.97,-80.47 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -80.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 57 11.8 4.9 63 6.9 8.3 85 4 284.0 285.0 280.9 299.1 5.38 1 1000 157 13.2 3.4 51 9.8 8.3 89 7 286.4 287.2 281.4 300.2 4.88 2 950 589 13.6 2.6 47 11.0 8.0 106 3 291.0 291.8 283.4 305.0 4.85 3 900 1042 11.0 4.3 63 6.7 7.5 297 4 292.9 293.9 285.2 309.7 5.80 4 850 1517 8.5 1.4 61 7.1 4.9 326 12 295.1 296.0 285.2 309.7 4.99 5 800 2018 8.9 -9.1 27 18.1 1.4 339 18 300.7 301.1 284.6 308.1 2.39 6 750 2553 10.9 -33.6 3 44.5 -1.0 349 18 308.4 308.5 285.1 309.5 0.30 7 700 3125 8.5 -33.5 3 42.0 -2.6 348 19 311.9 312.0 286.4 313.1 0.32 8 650 3733 5.3 -35.6 3 41.0 -4.8 346 22 315.0 315.1 287.4 316.0 0.28 9 600 4382 2.2 -34.1 5 36.3 -7.0 347 25 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.35 10 550 5077 -2.4 -36.0 6 33.6 -10.1 342 28 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.32 11 500 5825 -8.0 -28.4 18 20.4 -13.2 336 31 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.74 12 450 6636 -12.7 -38.0 10 25.4 -17.5 339 32 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.32 13 400 7523 -19.4 -32.7 30 13.3 -22.1 336 35 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.0 0.61 14 350 8502 -26.3 -42.0 21 15.7 -28.3 327 39 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 15 300 9595 -35.0 -44.2 39 9.2 -35.9 323 45 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.25 16 250 10843 -43.5 -48.8 56 5.2 -43.9 316 59 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.18 17 200 12310 -53.7 -61.8 37 8.1 -53.9 315 66 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14106 -66.1 -77.5 19 11.5 -66.1 315 61 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16491 -74.1 -82.5 26 8.4 -74.1 319 42 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.61 m Freezing level: 576.29 mb = 4711.52 m = 15457.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.32 mb = 2331.42 m = 7648.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.27 % Est. max temperature: 22.40 C = 72.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.66 mb = 934.20 m = 3064.92 ft T: 11.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 1.67 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 526.27 mb = 5423.46 m = 17793.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.16 C = 122.29 F Cap Strength: 18.25 C Lifted Index: 18.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.75 C Showalter Index: 14.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.53 C Cross Totals Index: 9.42 C K Index: -24.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14113.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.71 mb = 1726.40 m = 5663.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.7 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 13.7 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.9 neg: -9.4 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 58.86 m/s