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: 33.56,-81.67 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -81.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 111 20.9 17.0 79 3.9 18.3 220 12 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.2 12.30 1 1000 112 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.3 220 12 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.1 12.29 2 950 554 17.8 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 219 31 295.3 297.4 291.3 328.4 11.53 3 900 1015 15.3 13.1 87 2.2 13.9 220 35 297.3 299.2 291.1 327.9 10.57 4 850 1498 12.4 12.1 98 0.3 12.2 230 36 299.1 301.0 291.6 329.8 10.49 5 800 2006 10.2 10.0 98 0.3 10.0 241 35 302.1 303.8 291.9 330.6 9.65 6 750 2542 7.5 6.5 94 1.0 6.9 241 33 304.7 306.2 291.5 329.1 8.12 7 700 3108 4.9 2.0 81 2.9 3.3 241 36 307.9 309.1 290.9 327.3 6.32 8 650 3711 2.5 -8.0 46 10.5 -2.1 248 41 311.8 312.4 289.3 322.0 3.21 9 600 4354 -0.2 -36.4 5 36.2 -8.4 263 43 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.0 0.28 10 550 5044 -4.7 -39.5 5 34.8 -11.6 260 44 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.4 0.23 11 500 5786 -9.3 -43.0 5 33.8 -15.1 263 53 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.4 0.17 12 450 6590 -16.1 -45.5 6 29.4 -20.2 268 60 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.15 13 400 7465 -22.0 -25.8 71 3.8 -22.9 248 59 326.3 326.6 291.8 330.4 1.16 14 350 8443 -25.9 -25.9 100 0.0 -25.9 216 56 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.7 1.33 15 300 9540 -34.6 -34.6 100 -0.0 -34.6 211 58 336.6 336.8 294.1 339.2 0.68 16 250 10784 -45.2 -45.2 100 -0.0 -45.2 214 66 338.9 338.9 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12244 -52.7 -66.3 18 13.6 -53.0 247 76 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14064 -63.3 -76.7 15 13.4 -63.4 235 50 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16506 -69.2 -83.5 11 14.3 -69.2 234 31 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.39 m Freezing level: 603.02 mb = 4315.14 m = 14157.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.71 mb = 3467.97 m = 11377.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.69 mb = 601.54 m = 1973.52 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1245.92 m = 4087.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6232.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.73 mb = 914.20 m = 2999.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.5 neg: -9.6 tot: 209.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 61.97 m/s