MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 66 20.3 9.9 51 10.4 14.1 221 7 292.5 293.9 286.8 314.2 7.57 1 1000 161 18.2 9.0 55 9.1 12.9 223 10 291.3 292.6 286.1 312.0 7.24 2 950 597 14.2 8.1 67 6.1 10.7 232 12 291.6 292.9 286.1 312.1 7.16 3 900 1054 14.1 7.7 65 6.5 10.4 258 14 296.1 297.4 287.9 317.4 7.32 4 850 1535 12.0 5.7 65 6.3 8.5 275 11 298.7 299.9 288.3 318.6 6.77 5 800 2042 10.9 -6.7 28 17.6 3.1 289 10 302.8 303.3 285.9 311.7 2.89 6 750 2578 9.6 -16.6 14 26.2 -0.0 286 8 307.0 307.3 285.9 311.5 1.39 7 700 3147 6.7 -7.0 37 13.7 0.5 267 7 309.9 310.5 288.8 320.2 3.23 8 650 3751 2.9 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.5 249 7 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.9 4.33 9 600 4394 -1.2 -11.2 46 10.0 -5.3 250 10 314.7 315.2 289.8 323.5 2.70 10 550 5082 -5.8 -16.2 44 10.4 -9.5 253 14 317.2 317.5 289.9 323.7 1.96 11 500 5822 -10.6 -27.0 25 16.4 -14.7 262 20 320.1 320.3 289.7 323.0 0.84 12 450 6622 -17.0 -24.0 55 7.0 -18.8 266 25 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.0 1.22 13 400 7493 -24.2 -28.6 67 4.4 -25.1 275 29 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.7 0.91 14 350 8453 -30.9 -38.1 49 7.2 -31.7 282 36 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.41 15 300 9530 -37.4 -49.6 27 12.2 -38.2 284 44 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 16 250 10768 -45.1 -59.4 19 14.3 -45.6 287 51 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12230 -53.1 -68.7 13 15.5 -53.4 295 50 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14048 -61.9 -79.0 9 17.0 -62.1 295 45 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16484 -70.4 -82.6 15 12.2 -70.5 301 29 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.59 m Freezing level: 614.85 mb = 4203.46 m = 13790.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.63 mb = 2570.80 m = 8434.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.81 mb = 1380.11 m = 4527.87 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.02 mb = 3763.28 m = 12346.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.08 C = 104.14 F Cap Strength: 9.40 C Lifted Index: 9.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.40 C Showalter Index: 6.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 16.32 C K Index: 14.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11333.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.26 mb = 1434.25 m = 4705.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 4.77 m/s