MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 33.57,-83.82 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -83.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 991 219 25.9 11.7 41 14.2 17.0 167 4 299.9 301.5 290.5 325.6 8.76 2 950 585 20.2 10.4 53 9.8 14.1 176 5 297.6 299.1 289.3 322.0 8.33 3 900 1048 15.6 9.5 67 6.1 11.9 187 5 297.6 299.1 289.3 321.8 8.29 4 850 1529 11.2 8.5 83 2.7 9.6 202 4 297.9 299.4 289.3 321.9 8.21 5 800 2035 10.9 2.6 57 8.2 6.4 307 9 302.7 303.8 288.8 320.1 5.78 6 750 2573 10.2 -9.3 24 19.5 1.7 343 9 307.6 308.1 287.3 315.6 2.51 7 700 3144 8.2 -15.7 17 23.9 -0.9 355 6 311.6 311.9 287.7 316.9 1.61 8 650 3752 5.5 -20.8 13 26.3 -3.5 354 3 315.2 315.4 288.4 319.0 1.12 9 600 4401 1.9 -28.0 9 29.8 -6.7 277 2 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.64 10 550 5096 -2.3 -34.3 7 32.0 -9.9 261 5 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.7 0.38 11 500 5845 -7.3 -24.2 25 16.8 -12.2 254 7 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.9 1.08 12 450 6657 -12.7 -28.4 26 15.7 -16.6 248 11 327.3 327.4 291.7 330.2 0.82 13 400 7545 -18.6 -35.4 21 16.8 -21.8 257 14 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.47 14 350 8526 -25.7 -39.1 27 13.4 -27.6 261 17 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.37 15 300 9624 -34.2 -39.3 60 5.1 -34.8 268 18 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.7 0.42 16 250 10874 -43.8 -44.2 95 0.4 -43.8 263 36 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.1 0.30 17 200 12335 -54.5 -59.0 58 4.5 -54.6 261 51 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14125 -66.7 -71.8 48 5.1 -66.7 262 45 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16521 -73.6 -82.7 24 9.1 -73.7 294 24 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.17 m Freezing level: 577.86 mb = 4708.42 m = 15447.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.40 mb = 2940.42 m = 9646.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.05 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.37 mb = 1989.82 m = 6528.21 ft T: 10.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.89 mb = 3904.09 m = 12808.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.93 C = 107.48 F Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lifted Index: 7.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.71 C Showalter Index: 8.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.50 C Cross Totals Index: 15.80 C K Index: 3.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7545.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.80 mb = 1851.63 m = 6074.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 8.52 m/s