MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.15,-82.43 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -82.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 65 20.5 19.1 91 1.4 19.6 197 6 293.1 295.6 292.5 332.8 13.96 1 1000 121 20.1 18.6 92 1.4 19.1 198 9 293.2 295.7 292.3 332.1 13.65 2 950 564 18.6 16.3 87 2.3 17.1 209 23 296.1 298.3 292.2 331.8 12.40 3 900 1027 16.3 14.0 86 2.3 14.8 219 26 298.3 300.3 292.0 330.9 11.23 4 850 1512 14.0 11.0 82 3.0 12.1 244 28 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.6 9.77 5 800 2022 11.2 9.0 86 2.2 9.9 251 33 303.1 304.8 291.7 330.1 9.04 6 750 2559 8.5 7.2 91 1.3 7.7 250 33 305.8 307.4 292.1 331.4 8.50 7 700 3128 5.7 2.7 81 3.0 4.1 254 33 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.3 6.67 8 650 3731 2.1 -2.8 70 4.9 -0.3 267 37 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.3 4.78 9 600 4374 0.0 -22.2 17 22.2 -7.0 281 38 316.1 316.3 288.7 319.8 1.08 10 550 5065 -3.8 -40.1 4 36.2 -11.2 281 43 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.3 0.21 11 500 5810 -8.6 -45.3 3 36.8 -14.7 282 51 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.13 12 450 6616 -15.2 -40.2 10 25.0 -19.4 285 52 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.25 13 400 7494 -20.9 -22.7 86 1.8 -21.4 252 54 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.55 14 350 8472 -26.0 -26.0 100 0.0 -26.0 227 55 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.31 15 300 9570 -34.1 -34.6 95 0.5 -34.1 216 48 337.4 337.5 294.3 339.9 0.68 16 250 10816 -44.9 -45.0 99 0.1 -44.9 222 49 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.28 17 200 12277 -54.4 -59.1 56 4.7 -54.5 243 70 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14087 -63.2 -76.6 15 13.5 -63.3 244 42 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16520 -70.6 -83.4 14 12.8 -70.7 232 26 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.06 m Freezing level: 599.91 mb = 4375.27 m = 14354.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.78 mb = 3684.07 m = 12086.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.85 mb = 244.33 m = 801.60 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 11.59 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1220.68 m = 4004.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4582.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.07 mb = 763.78 m = 2505.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 111.36 m/s