MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 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 1004 66 25.1 5.4 28 19.6 13.9 219 10 297.8 298.9 286.9 314.4 5.61 1 1000 104 24.8 4.1 26 20.6 13.3 221 13 297.9 298.8 286.5 313.2 5.15 2 950 550 20.6 1.9 29 18.7 10.6 228 20 298.0 298.9 285.9 311.8 4.61 3 900 1012 16.2 0.6 35 15.5 8.2 236 22 298.2 299.0 285.8 311.5 4.45 4 850 1494 12.3 -1.0 40 13.4 5.7 252 25 299.1 299.8 285.9 311.6 4.17 5 800 2001 11.2 2.0 53 9.2 6.3 266 32 303.1 304.1 288.7 319.8 5.53 6 750 2538 9.1 -2.3 45 11.3 3.4 265 36 306.4 307.2 288.6 319.8 4.32 7 700 3107 6.9 -12.4 24 19.4 -0.9 265 38 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.0 2.10 8 650 3710 2.8 -22.2 14 24.9 -5.1 268 40 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.4 0.99 9 600 4352 -1.4 -24.5 15 23.1 -8.1 264 42 314.6 314.7 287.9 317.6 0.88 10 550 5039 -5.9 -27.8 16 21.9 -11.5 261 45 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.6 0.71 11 500 5778 -10.9 -31.0 17 20.1 -15.4 263 49 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.9 0.58 12 450 6579 -16.3 -34.0 20 17.7 -19.7 262 55 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.5 0.48 13 400 7453 -22.8 -37.7 24 14.9 -25.1 255 57 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.37 14 350 8418 -30.3 -42.6 29 12.2 -31.6 251 59 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.26 15 300 9492 -39.3 -48.6 37 9.3 -39.9 253 62 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 16 250 10718 -48.1 -57.2 34 9.0 -48.4 253 56 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12152 -58.5 -64.4 47 5.9 -58.6 254 56 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 13922 -65.3 -74.0 29 8.7 -65.4 264 71 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16383 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.8 260 48 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.78 m Freezing level: 616.45 mb = 4140.96 m = 13585.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.97 mb = 2990.01 m = 9809.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.40 mb = 2522.26 m = 8275.05 ft T: 9.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.96 mb = 4897.26 m = 16066.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.82 C = 110.88 F Cap Strength: 10.04 C Lifted Index: 10.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.04 C Showalter Index: 10.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 9.82 C K Index: 2.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10442.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.82 mb = 2842.15 m = 9324.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 77.13 m/s